Selling for Coaches is launching a new partnership with Dr. Robert Troutwine,the developer of the Troutwine Athletic Profile (TAP).
The TAP is used by coaches and teams in the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA. The TAP’s findings give pro coaches and general managers incredible insights into their potential draft choices and even their current athletes on the roster. They use that information to gain unique insights into the potential of an athlete…the leadership qualities in their athletes…and much, much more.
Before now, Troutwine’s reports have been reserved mainly for professional teams and coaches. But now, through this partnership, college coaches will have the ability to get the same insights as their professional counterparts.
"The TAP measures the athletic intangibles of a player", says Dr. Robert Troutwine. "Most coaches immediately identify with the word “intangibles”. More recently, coaches also seem to understand when told the TAP addresses the character of the athlete. In either case, the TAP can tell a coach about the player’s competitiveness, mental toughness, composure under pressure, ability to adjust."
"This information is vital for recruiting and developing players", adds Troutwine. "Thus, the TAP process begins with the player completing the assessment, then the report is initially used to determine which player best fits a college coach’s program and finally, once the player is on board the results will give the coach an edge in coaching the athlete."
That’s something that some of professional sports’ top coaches have known for years, and rely on every time they get ready to draft a new player.
"I’ve been familiar with this for over 10 years…I’m telling you from experience this gives you tremendous insight into players, yourself, and your program", says Bill Belichick, Head Coach of the New England Patriots.
For many coaches, there are several surprises that come from the TAP.
"They are surprised that the TAP only takes about 15 minutes for a player to complete, yet the report contains so many detailed observations", says Troutwine. "Sometimes they are surprised by a specific finding in the results—something about the player that they had not noticed before, but after reading the TAP report they realize it was right there under their nose the whole time."
The partnership between Selling for Coaches and Troutwine has resulted in special reduced pricing for college coaches who want to use these incredible reports for their teams and recruits. Unlike the pros – who pay thousands of dollars for the same report on just one top prospect – college coaches can get reports for their entire team for just a few hundred dollars. For Athletic Directors, they can get reports for their entire department for similar savings.
For more information on these new tools, click here.
If you have further questions, or would like to see a sample report, email us at dan@sellingforcoaches.com.
