Facilities

What is Players Box?

Players Box is designed for students to function at a high level of excellence in the areas of Academics, Arts and Athletic experiences. Students will learn interactive ways to deal with pressure and how to, through grit, show them they can enjoy the process of pursuing excellence. Players Box teaches not only the development of the performer’s skills but the enjoyment of that skill.

Program Details:
Players Box is built around four foundational performance principles: P.L.A.Y.

P - PERSONALITY TYPE affects PRESSURE: How does the performer relate to pressure?
L - LEARNING STYLE affects PRACTICE: How does the performer process information?
A - ABILITY LEVEL affects PURPOSE: Why is the performer participating in a particular art/sport/subject?
Y - YES! FACTOR affects POSITIVITY: What is the performer’s attitude toward self?

What do participants learn?

As a participant students and parents learn tools that affect pressure, practice, purpose and positivity. Players Box utilizes large group and small group teachings led by “Coaches” to train students to consistently engage at their optimal level for maximum enjoyment and development.

Who are the coaches?

Players Box hosts an assembly of capable and competent coaches. College mental health coaches, school counselors, psychologists, doctors, athletic coaches, artistic leaders and academic teachers are among the list of volunteers who give their time to be a part of students' lives. We have never had to recruit a single Coach. Once they hear the mission and vision of Players Box they are in!

What happens after the 6 week session?

Players Box offers bridge opportunities of Academics, Arts and Athletics between sessions in order to practice the tools and concepts taught. Players Box is a journey and we want to provide continuous growth opportunities for students and parents to grow in their walk with pressure performance.

What happens after the session is over?

Players Box offers bridge opportunities of Arts, Academics and Athletics between sessions in order to practice the tools and concepts taught. Players Box is a journey and we want to provide continuous growth opportunities for students and parents to grow in their walk with pressure performance.

What if a student is not "high functioning" or a super academic/artist/athlete?

We believe every person deals with pressure and stress in varying ways so we designed Players Box to help students and families learn about themselves and develop strategies to process and deal with pressure (no matter where it comes from) in a healthy, proactive way. We want to affect kids that need tools to study for a math test tomorrow to the athlete that will be signing a college contract.

What will be the future Players Box focus for the weekend series?

On October 3 Charlie will begin a series titled “imaboxer” Fully alive, fully engaged students. Fully alive, fully engaged families. Fully alive, fully engaged adults.
He will focus on the verses 1 Corinthians 9:14-27 and will talk about what a fully integrated individual who is mentally healthy and wealthy looks like.
He will introduce the term “mental wealth” to our community that explains a fully integrated individual is a mentally healthy and wealthy individual.
This series will culminate in a commitment weekend on November 7 where we ask everyone to commit an amount to the Players Box Project.

What does the term "imaboxer" mean?

The “boxer” word is using the toughness of boxers but a play on Players Box. Where the analogy works is that a boxer has to bring the whole person to the arena. Our objective with Players Box is to develop fully engaged people, leaders and influencers. Nothing held back, everything I am, free to give my all with a playful and tenacious spirit.

When will we offer Players Box to kids younger than 6th grade?

We are implementing Players Box concepts into our weekend SBKids and Student areas immediately. Several staff members are attending the current session of Players Box to incorporate ideals and components into the curriculum of those areas.
When the facility opens we will likely open Players Box up to younger students. We want to ensure we have the needed communicators and coaches to work with these age groups.

How do we paint the vision of Players Box to highly busy families?

The future of Players Box includes going into our community with trained coaches and collaborating with schools, community centers and churches to present the Players Box concepts. We want to “walk beside” a family’s busy schedule as well as offering a place of training and development of mental wealth.

When will Players Box expand their offering times?

Fall 2022 we anticipate expanding our offerings, including days and times offered as well as targeted offerings for academics, arts and athletics.

What does it mean to offer Players Box 6 days a week?

“I believe the gospel is not heard, I believe it is overheard…” C.S. Lewis.
We want SouthBrook to be a light in our community and that means offering up our facility for the needs of the community 6 days a week and resting on a Sabbath day.
We will use the Reverie business model for Players Box to generate revenue but also offer opportunities for our SouthBrook family to use it at discounted rates or for free.
Examples of how this facility will be used are coaching of parents and coaches in the Players Box concepts, tutoring, summer camps, arts productions, tournaments, SouthBrook events, community playground any day of the week and much more as we dream BIG.