Teams Of Men

This week’s Kip Ioane 30 Second Timeouts recap is out.

Each post starts with a headline your athletes already see and ends with a prompt you can use to challenge them in practice, in class, or in life.

This week covers:

-Why acronyms fall flat if they don’t live in behavior
-How “watch out for women” becomes harmful training
-Cookies and the bare minimum of fatherhood
-Friendship as a skill, not a biological advantage
-How a T-shirt can start the work

The headlines they see. The prompts you need.

Built for coaches of male athletes who want discussion fuel from current events, not canned curriculum.

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Couldn't be more excited to unveil the committed speaker lineup for our 2nd Annual TeamsOfMen Active Agent Summit!

Specifically designed for coaches, ADs and everyone tasked with engaging male athletes, this event is a once a year opportunity to share space and collaborate on ways to call them up to their best HUMANITY.

Be sure you REGISTER before 3/15 to enjoy EARLY BIRD pricing!

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📢 Calling All Coaches, Mentors & Leaders! The 2nd Annual TeamsOfMen Active Agent Summit is Here!
🔥 Join us in Salem, OR on April 19, 2025, at The Holman Hotel for a full-day summit focused on reimagining masculinity in athletics, sharing best practices, and tackling the real-world challenges our young men face today.

🏀 WHAT TO EXPECT:
✅ Expert speakers diving into leadership, athlete development, and culture-building
✅ Interactive roundtable discussions—learn from fellow coaches & TeamsOfMen members
✅ Problem-solving sessions to equip you with strategies that go beyond the game
✅ Networking & collaboration with like-minded leaders shaping the future of sports

🎟️ TICKET OPTIONS:
🔹 General Admission: $50
🔹 Early Bird: $40 (Register by March 15!)
🔹 Group Rate (3+ Attendees): $35 per person
🔹 TeamsOfMen Members: $30 + Bring a Staff Member for FREE!

🏨 Need lodging? We’ve secured a special room block at The Holman Hotel—details will be sent in your confirmation email after registering.

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"10/10 Thoughts That Would Shock My Younger Self"

The last time our founder, Kip Ioane, was guaranteed to see his friends every day was when they were teammates. Whether in high school or college, the moment a season ended, those regular connections drastically decreased.

As teammates, they shared the same space, same goals, and the same expectations:

To show up every day.
To face challenges together.
To strive for improvement as a group.

If Kip could tell his younger self one thing, it would be: “Once you’re not teammates, it becomes exponentially harder to stay friends.”

This reality is why TeamsOfMen exists. Coaches have a rare opportunity to influence young men during this unique environment—a chance to teach emotional fluency, kindness, and rewrite harmful narratives around gender violence.

We believe in giving coaches the tools to maximize this time together. That’s why we share actionable strategies and insights in our monthly newsletter, delivered 12x a year.

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"9/10 Thoughts That Would Shock My Younger Self"

Our founder, Kip Ioane, reflects on an important lesson about what it truly means to be a “good teammate.”

During his playing days, he would have said he was one. He made people laugh, gave high fives, and wanted to win. But looking back, much of that laughter came at others’ expense. His humor often targeted teammates who didn’t live up to the “man code” they were all silently judged by.

It was a defense mechanism to keep the critical gaze off himself, but it came at a cost—creating an environment where some teammates probably dreaded the bus rides, team rooms, or even practice stretches.

As a coach now, Kip knows that for any program to be a true space of reimagined manhood and “family,” it must be intentional about its culture. Coaches must:

Teach young men to unlearn the idea that for one person to shine, it must come at another’s expense.
Create a culture where every player—from the star to the last on the bench—feels welcomed, valued, and comfortable.
At TeamsOfMen, we help coaches take this intentional approach with our Intentional Team Room Workshop. By embracing curiosity and unlearning as core culture tenets, coaches can transform team rooms into spaces of high character and gender violence prevention.

📅 Want to bring this workshop to your program?
Schedule our Intentional Team Room Workshop for your team:
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"8/10 Thoughts That Would Shock My Younger Self"

When our founder, Kip Ioane, looks back on his time as a young athlete, he reflects on an important lesson about the power of words.

If someone had asked him as a kid, “What life skill did you learn at practice today?” he wouldn’t have had an answer. But if asked, “What’s one thing Coach always says?” he could have rattled off 2-3 Coach-isms for any coach he ever had.

The takeaway? Words matter. What coaches say—and how they say it—sticks with young men long after practice ends. That’s why Kip created TeamsOfMen: to help coaches focus on the power of intentional language and the impact it has on shaping their program’s climate and culture.

Without a planned takeaway, players will remember something. And if that “something” is negativity, spite, or cruelty, that becomes their unintended lesson in manhood.

👉 Coaches looking to refine their language and maximize their impact can start with our Words Matter Language Kit:

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🏀 "10 Thoughts That Would Shock My Younger Self" – Halfway There! 🏀

Our founder, , is halfway through sharing a powerful series of reflections on the lessons he’s learned as a coach—insights that challenge how we approach coaching, masculinity, and the young men in our programs.

Here are the first 5 thoughts he’s shared so far:

1️⃣ Sports don’t teach us—people do.
The game itself teaches nothing without coaches, teammates, and parents who frame the lessons and force us to reflect.

2️⃣ Coaching can become an escape.
When life gets hard, it’s easy to bury ourselves in film, practice, and scouting. But avoiding our struggles doesn’t serve us—or the people who rely on us.

3️⃣ The Manbox thrives in team settings.
Spaces like locker rooms and bus rides often reinforce harmful masculinity. Humor and deflection hide insecurities, but coaches can disrupt these dynamics and build healthier team cultures.

4️⃣ Male role models teach through inaction.
What young men see—like men avoiding responsibilities at home—teaches as much as what they’re told. Inaction often reinforces harmful patterns.

5️⃣ We plan for games but leave life lessons to chance.
We’d never leave a game plan to randomness, yet we often let life lessons be defined by a scoreboard. Coaches have the power to teach these lessons with intention.

👉 Want to read more? Kip is posting these thoughts daily on Bluesky and LinkedIn—platforms where he’s diving even deeper into how we can reimagine what coaching and leadership look like.

🔗 Follow the Series Here:

Bluesky: .bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/4geLr6H
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Yesterday was all about connection and growth Men's Basketball with Coach and Coach setting the tone. Their presence throughout my "The Intentional Team Room: Cultivating Space for Identity and Change" workshop was a testament to the kind of leadership that truly makes a difference.

In a world where coaches often step back during these critical discussions, Coach Turner and Coach Martin sat with their players, showing that the conversations we had—about , and , and the power of their platforms—are as important as any practice drill or game plan.

To every coach of male athletes and every parent out there: This is what it looks like when a program commits to synergy between winning ( went 26-7 last year) on the court AND in life.

If you're looking to create this kind of intentional space in your program, let's connect. Together, we can cultivate the next generation of leaders, both in sports and in life.