Building on decades of implementation and evidence in the United States, FUTURES works with governments, international organizations, sports organizations, schools, and community-based partners to adapt and scale CBIM in diverse settings around the world. Internationally, CBIM maintains the program’s evidence-based core while supporting thoughtful contextual adaptation and building local capacity to lead, implement, monitor, and sustain the program.
FUTURES → CBIM Advocates → Coaches → Athletes
In the United States, FUTURES directly trains CBIM Advocates who bring CBIM into their communities, recruit and train coaches, and support implementation.
FUTURES → Trains, Supports & Certifies Certified Trainers → CBIM Advocates / Implementing Partners → Coaches → Athletes
Internationally, FUTURES develops, supports, and certifies Certified Trainers through a structured process that combines orientation, an intensive 5-day Certified Training of Trainers, demonstrated training of implementing partners, ongoing supportive supervision, and observation of implementation and monitoring. Certified Trainers then train and support CBIM Advocates / Coaches Clinic Facilitators and implementing organizations, who prepare and support coaches to deliver CBIM with athletes.
CBIM Certified Trainers are practitioners who earn Certified Trainer status through a structured international certification process led and supported by FUTURES. Formerly referred to as Certified Master Trainers, Certified Trainers build the capacity of organizations implementing CBIM within a country or region and serve as an important bridge between FUTURES and local implementation. Certification combines intensive training, demonstrated ability to train implementing partners, biweekly supportive supervision, and observation of implementation and monitoring.
Participate in an orientation webinar introducing CBIM, the international scale-up model, and the Certified Trainer role.
Participate in the 5-day Certified Training of Trainers led by FUTURES.
Demonstrate training capacity by training two or more implementing partners.
Participate in biweekly supportive supervision calls with FUTURES as training moves into implementation.
For each implementing partner, observe the administration of the pre-season survey for coaches and/or the Coaches Clinic and provide supportive supervision.
Observe implementing partners as they monitor coaches delivering CBIM to athletes through coach-athlete sessions.
Complete FUTURES-approved, face-to-face CBIM training led by a qualified CBIM Certified Trainer. For CBIM International, the pathway should not include a virtual-only training option.
Participate in observed role plays, CBIM conversations, games, and facilitation exercises, with real-time coaching and feedback from the Certified Trainer.
Successfully plan and conduct a CBIM Coaches Clinic, preparing coaches to deliver CBIM with their athletes.
Maintain continued engagement with trained coaches as they begin implementation, providing guidance, troubleshooting challenges, and reinforcing CBIM fidelity.
Participate in required follow-up technical assistance with Certified Trainers and demonstrate continued engagement throughout the initial implementation period. Advocate / Coaches Clinic Facilitator certification is awarded after training, demonstrated practice, Coaches Clinic completion, and continued support of the coaches they trained.
