College Team Retreats

Build your culture. Win together.

Customized retreats that unite your team on shared goals and values, improve team strengths, pinpoint weaknesses and develop trusting relationships between players and coaches.

25+

colleges and universities

Athletes in Action College Team Retreats have partnered with over 25 colleges and universities, including Texas A&M, Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, and Xavier University, to help student-athletes grow in leadership, character, and faith. These retreats have impacted teams across multiple sports, such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, tennis, and track & field, providing a transformational experience both on and off the field.

What we focus on

Interactive talks and activities.

Leadership

Communication

Trust & Accountability

Conflict Resolution

Problem Solving

Team Values

Join us in Xenia

A retreat built for your team.

Our curriculum is led by highly qualified facilitators, who will customize the workshops for your team. When you join us in Xenia, you’ll get access to:

High ropes course
Low elements course
Sports Performance Center with trained professionals
On-site chef for all meals
Lodging
Sports facilities for practice and competition

Mobile Team Retreats

We come to you.

If traveling to our Sports Complex is too difficult for your program, our trained facilitators can come to you and put on a full day of purposeful, fun team building and debrief discussions at a location of your choosing, like your campus or a park.

Our staff will do all the work of facilitating the team building activities and discussions, helping build your team culture, deepen relationships and get you ready to start next season strong.

Tuskegee University took part in a one-day mobile retreat in Alabama, then went on to become SIAC Champions with a 20-0 season record.

Words from coaches and athletes

Teams leave different.

“Your retreat changed my team in a way I didn’t think we needed. If you were a fly on the wall at a practice two weeks ago and a fly on the wall at a practice today, you wouldn’t believe the difference. Our practices now, everyone is much more intentional and actually plays for the teammates on either side of them.”

Franklin softball player

“We just finished our team retreat with Athletes in Action. Our facilitators Adam and Naomi were outstanding! They were really able to grasp the concepts that I provided them with and apply that with our team. I think we had some amazing breakthroughs.”

DeWitte Mandley, Wiley College Women’s Head Basketball Coach

“This has afforded us the opportunity for the girls to find our values for themselves. It was an incredible weekend to see them own it, to see them find it and to see them grow not just physically but mentally. They got braver this weekend.”

Brittney Harvey, Franklin College Women’s Head Softball Coach

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