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As a Pomona-Pitzer student-athlete, I realized early on that success is not solely determined by how many hours you\u2019re putting in on the field, pool, court, or weight room. Without a unified team identity, culture, and values, teams struggle to reach their fullest potential. And to dedicate training solely to competition without a focus on the individuals and dynamics that make up a team demonstrates the failure in understanding that success is rarely achieved without an intentional focus on team culture. Over the course of its four years, Designing Your Team \u2014 a culture- and team-building workshop series designed specifically for student-athletes \u2014 has made enormous strides in the number of teams the program has impacted, and even more so, what student-athletes are taking away from it. But athletics at large still feels impenetrable to breach in many ways…. Continue Reading Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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