For coaches
We train you on the method. The system does the measuring.
One training session, then about 10 minutes per assessment cycle.
Pilot spots are limited each season.
ERA Skills starts by teaching you a curriculum for coaching character — one skill at a time, inside the practices you already run — in a training session with our team, in person or over Zoom. Then the software does the tracking: players reflect after sessions, you review their ratings and comments, and growth becomes visible.
You get trained, not just handed an app
Every ERA Skills coach starts with a live training session — in person in the Las Vegas area, over Zoom anywhere else. An ERA Skills team member teaches you the curriculum: how to introduce one character skill at a time, and how to coach it inside the drills you already run. Then, how to debrief so the lesson sticks.
You'll never be asked to invent a lesson plan. Discussion guides come with every skill.
"ERA broke down these core values and added a different talking point to every day practices… spending time just talking every day made the communication factor grow."
Built around your season, not on top of it
A season needs only 3–4 assessment cycles to show measurable movement, and each one asks about 10 minutes of you, from your phone. You introduce one skill at practice, then open a check-in when the moment is right. Players complete a guided reflection in 5–10 minutes on their own phones. You review and moderate what they submit, then get back to coaching.
Want to see where those cycles sit in a full season? Walk through how ERA Skills works from first training to impact report.
1
training session to start
3–4
assessment cycles per season
10 min
per cycle, from your phone
5 · 20
skills and subskills measured
You see what players really think
After each cycle, every player rates their own demonstration of the skill — and each teammate's — with a comment for every rating. You review all of it.
That's where the picture sharpens: growth curves for each player, moments worth a conversation, the quiet kid whose peer ratings in Leadership are climbing. You'll know things about your team you used to only guess at.
It makes you look as good as you are
When a parent asks what their kid is getting here beyond minutes, you answer with their child's own growth — not a hunch. And your director finally sees the development work you were already doing.
If your club is weighing a rollout, see how ERA Skills pricing works. And if you coach independently, you can apply for a pilot for your own team.
Players see their own scores — never each other's. There are no leaderboards and no rankings, and every peer comment comes through you first. ERA Skills is a reflection tool, not a grading tool — and your athletes will feel the difference.
FAQ
Questions coaches ask us
One training session with the ERA Skills team to learn the curriculum, then about 10 minutes per assessment cycle from a phone. A season needs only 3–4 cycles to show measurable growth — discussion guides are included, so there's no lesson planning.
ERA Skills is designed for athletes aged 13–18 (roughly U13–U18), the range where self-reflection and peer feedback are developmentally meaningful. Under-13 participation requires verifiable parental consent.
Run it with one team this season.
A pilot includes the full program: the curriculum, hands-on training for your coach, and 3–4 assessment cycles — ending with an impact report built from your organization's own data. Because our team trains every pilot coach personally, we take on a limited number of organizations each season.
Ask your director to apply for a pilot — or apply for your own team.