Who We Are
Players Box is a comprehensive platform dedicated to personal development. We offer enriching courses that empower youth with the confidence and skills needed for success in arts, academics, and athletics.Â
Regardless of the student's focus area, our participants gain invaluable self-knowledge and learn effective strategies to navigate pressure. Our unique approach fosters confidence and calmness, equipping students and athletes with the tools they need for success in their chosen fields and beyond.
ARTS
Players Box Arts programs offer a transformative journey into personal development, empowering youth with creative skills and insights that foster self-expression and growth.
ACADEMICS
Players Box Academics programs are a comprehensive educational enrichment resource, designed to foster a love for learning, enhance critical thinking skills, and build confidence for test-taking and daily academic success. Helping students become confident, self-assured learners, is why we exist.
ATHLETICS
Players Box Athletics programs infuse play into pressure, providing a dynamic and engaging environment that enhances physical skills while fostering resilience, teamwork, and a positive attitude towards challenges.
Our focus:
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Players Box was founded by Charlie McMahan more than a decade ago. Its purpose is to help students flourish — whether in academics, athletics, or the arts — by equipping them with the mental tools needed to perform under pressure. Â
At the heart of Players Box is a performance framework summarized by the acronym P.L.A.Y. Â
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P — Personality Type: how each student responds to pressure.
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L — Learning Style: how they best absorb information and practice.
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A — Ability Level: their individual skill or proficiency, which informs their purpose.
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Y — Yes! Factor: their attitude toward themselves and positivity.
By understanding a student’s “PLAY profile,” coaches and mentors help them build resilience, self-awareness, and confidence — aiming to foster not just better performance, but healthier perspectives regarding challenge, growth, and self-esteem.
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The Players Box Foundations Course is a six-week experience that helps students better understand who they are and build practical tools to perform under pressure. Through engaging lessons, reflection, and real-life application, students explore personality, learning preferences, mindset, emotions, confidence, and purpose—while developing strategies to communicate effectively, recover from mistakes, manage pressure, and consistently bring out their BIG YOU.
Available online or in person, the course equips students with skills that extend beyond performance and into academics, arts, athletics, relationships, and everyday life.
Your growth, your space, your pace.
Be a part of the PB movement.Â
Players Box is growing—and we want you with us. Our monthly newsletter brings you behind the scenes with upcoming events, new collaborations, student success stories, and ways to support and engage with our community. Learn how you can make an impact, refer families, and stay connected to the heart of what we do. We look forward to seeing you there!
