NCAA / U SPORTS

First, as an independent high-performance company, our track record is second to none with 25 years of success at all levels.

Second, our program is not a talk therapy/sport psychology approach but rather an educational approach to high-performance, delivered by a professional educator with a systems background, that requires very little guesswork and no need for discussing issues. We walk you through the steps of the SportExcel program and teach you how to incorporate this into your game and other training. And, depending on how much effort you put into applying the steps of the formula, your game can change immediately.

Third, we only use instructors who are professional educators, have performed at a very high level and have personal experiences of being in the Zone. In other words, we walk our Zone talk. 

"Bob's training gives all athletes the same great high-performance system that I learned. Every pro or aspiring athlete can benefit from learning it - for sport, work, school, and life."

- Hannah Teter, Olympic gold and silver medalist, Snowboarding

The name of our coaching says it all: high-performance coaching. 

Everything we do is designed to move you to a higher performance level with the ability to maintain a consistent Zone, an ever-expanding skillset and a superb ability to lead.

With this kind of high-performance coaching, the outcome is simple:

Helping you to be a stand-out for scholarship acquisition by improving academic scores and game results, as well as by helping you to have more overall fun and enjoyment in your sport, school and life.

"Bob was the first mental coach that I worked with at the beginning of my career. His methods became some of the fundamentals that I used as part of my everyday routine. The knowledge that I have gained from him has helped me realize my ultimate dream."

- Vincent Hancock, Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Coach, International Skeet

You have to be the judge here. If your athlete would have more fun and be better able to deal with frustration, anger, bullying, intimidation, skill development, difficult academic subjects, leadership, and, oh yes, be way more consistent by being in the Zone, how would that change their game? And your parenting one? 

1. Track record: We’ve got the winners to show for our 25 years of developing youth, NCAA, U SPORTS, Olympic, and professional athletes, as well the track record for helping pros extend their careers into post-sport life. Check out our Instagram.
2. Formula / System: Our program is designed to be easy to learn and easy to implement. It is the foundation on which to build your technical game and scholarship prep for academic life. We teach you the steps to win; you apply them and excel. It kind of fits with our name—SportExcel!
3. Educational: Ours is an educational approach.  We are passionate educators and coaches as well as former high-performance athletes. Every session teaches you the tools, strategies, and sport tactics to move your game to the level you expect. It is simply: What do you want? Now lets teach you the tools to get you there!

We designed our program to not only teach you, but to teach coaches and instructors how to push your game to the Zone. Bob Palmer, BEd, BES, CEO and Founder of SportExcel, knows the Zone so well that you’ll feel the effect of this adrenalized process long after each session. 

Bob has worked with thousands of athletes from around the world in more than 40 sports. Bob is a professional educator who used his karate training as a 4^th degree black belt and former national-level competitor to design this program. In only a few hours, he can change the game of anyone aspiring to greatness in sport and academics, a developing athlete, Olympian, pro or coach. 

And, as SportExcel delivers strategy and systems, taught by a high-performance expert with an educational and systems background, not psychology, our coaches love it and are a huge source of referrals for us, because we deliver.

"Working with Bob in the years leading into the Olympic Games was an incredible experience. My work with Bob provided the tools to face any feat, large or small, with a clear mind and a confidence that allowed me to perform freely and in the moment. As an athlete, there is nothing comparable to the feeling of performing in the moment, which made every session with Bob very rewarding."

Jessica Zelinka, MMEI, 2-time Olympian and former Canadian champion - Heptathlon and Head Coach, University of Calgary - Dinosaurs

Possibly, but it is unlikely as we are a skills-based program and not therapy. Just as you are unable to claim skills-based coaches in batting (baseball), skating (hockey) or putting (golf), we teach high performance as a critical toolkit of skills.  And our athletes prefer it that way as there is no stigma.

We stand behind our high-performance coaching,mentorship and courses and back them up with a risk-free guarantee. 

We offer you the first session of our 1-on-1 Ignition Series coaching with Bob Palmer as a no-obligation test drive.  At the end of the first session, if you love our approach to high performance and your new skill of getting into the Zone, you pay for the series and continue. If you (or we) feel it is not a fit, neither of us is obligated to continue, and you are not obligated to pay for the first session. 

With our online course, ZoneQuest, you should have one or more personal ‘lightbulb or aha moments’ after applying our system to your sport. If not, we will do whatever it takes to ensure that you are 100% satisfied with your online, self-paced course or refund what you paid. Bob's book - A Mind to Win - is yours to keep. 

"I set my sights on becoming a pro hockey player and Bob has helped me to find the Zone at every stage of development."

- Norm Ezekiel, Former pro hockey player