Momentum | Team Standards Your Athletes Can Own
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High school & college coaches · All sports

Build a team
that owns
its standards.

You set the standard. Momentum gives your athletes a simple weekly rhythm to reflect on it, recognize it in each other, and keep it part of the conversation.

Adding 15 more teams this winter. Matt will reach out personally.

This week’s standard01 / Team focus
Accountability

Own the
next play.

After a mistake, name your next action and get back into the play.

Something your athletes can practice.
Something their teammates can notice.

An example standard. A place to start.
One standard. One week. One team.19 teams across 7 sports are running Momentum this fall.

When it still falls on you

You shouldn’t have to carry the standard alone.

You talk about accountability. You reinforce it at practice. But after a mistake, a tough loss, or a player’s frustration over their role, you’re still the one starting the conversation.

You want your athletes to recognize those moments and take responsibility themselves. Momentum gives them a weekly place to practice that.

Inside the weekly rhythm

See a week
in Momentum.

Follow one standard through the week. Choose a step to see what your team does and what comes back to you.

Coach · Start the week

Make the standard
something they can do.

Choose one behavior tied to what matters to your team. Introduce it at practice. Your athletes can see it in Momentum throughout the week.

Start with one clear action your athletes can recognize.

Team standardSample week

Own the next play.

Our value · Accountability

After a mistake, name your next action and get back into the play.

One shared focus for the whole team.

What progress can look like

The standard starts sounding less like your voice—and more like theirs.

  • An athlete redirects a teammate before you have to step in.

  • A quiet player gets recognized for a small action that helped the team.

  • You bring an athlete’s example into the next practice, giving the team something specific to repeat.

Matt Minkus, founder of Momentum
Matt Minkus Founder, Momentum

Why I’m building Momentum

The standard matters
when a player
makes it their own.

I played college golf at UTEP and later worked as a producer at ESPN. Nobody talked to us about the mental side of competing when I played, and I’ve spent the years since trying to understand what we needed to hear.

Today, I host Momentum Sessions, where I talk with coaches and leaders about culture, leadership, and what makes great teams different.

UTEP
College golfer
ESPN
Former producer
350+
Coach community

Conversations with people like Jay Bilas, Herm Edwards, and Molly Miller keep bringing me back to one question: how do athletes start taking ownership of the standards their coach cares about?

That’s what I’m building with Momentum: a place in the week to reflect on a standard, notice it in a teammate, and put it into words of their own.

A few coach-to-coach questions

Before you
put it in play.

Do I need my team’s standards figured out?

You need a starting point. “Accountability” or “effort” can become a specific action athletes understand and recognize. Start with one clear behavior and build from there.

How much work does this add for me?

You introduce the standard, help athletes get started, and use the recap to reinforce what matters. Momentum organizes the weekly reflections and recognition and creates the Sunday Recap automatically.

Will my athletes actually participate?

Participation takes a clear introduction and reinforcement from you. Athletes have a specific job: reflect on the standard and notice it in a teammate. Referencing their examples at practice helps connect the app to the team.

Is this built for my sport?

Momentum is built around team behaviors, not sport-specific drills, so the weekly rhythm works anywhere. This fall’s teams include golf, basketball, football, and volleyball. Your team’s standard should use the situations and language your athletes know.

When do athletes reflect and recognize teammates?

From Thursday through Sunday, athletes reflect on how they lived the standard and recognize teammates who showed it. The automated Sunday Recap brings the week together.

What does it cost?

$179 per team, per year. Teams joining this winter lock in that founding rate for as long as they stay. If Momentum isn’t useful to your team after the first month, you get a full refund. Running more than one team? Ask about program pricing on the call.

What happens when I join the waitlist?

We’re adding 15 more teams this winter, with spots opening . Share a few details about your team, and Matt will reach out personally about the next opportunity to join. Joining is free and doesn’t commit you to anything. If you’d like to talk sooner, book a 20-minute call right after signing up.

Winter enrollment · Opens November 9

Give your players
a way to own it.

We’re adding 15 more teams this winter. Tell us about yours, and Matt will reach out personally.

$179 per team/year · Winter founding rate

Joining the waitlist is free and carries no commitment.
An optional call if you’d like to talk.