Keynotes and workshops
Significance over success.
Every team has people who know the game. Christian talks about the people: who they are, how they talk to each other, and what they’re playing for.
- 30+ yearscoaching
- Six championshipsat Minnesota Morris
- Hall of FameMinnesota Morris Cougar Hall of Fame
Coming from voltacoach.com? You’re in the right place. This is where to book Christian now. Why VOLTA became AOS Sports
Who’s in your room?
Christian builds every talk around the people in front of him. Start with yours.
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Coaches and athletic directorsClinics, staff days, conventions. Any sport.
Coaching the Bigger Game
Most coaching starts with the team. This one starts with the coach: Elevate Self, Elevate the Player, Elevate the Team, then Leave the Legacy. One coach to another, about coaching the people side of the game.
The order is the whole point.
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Players and parentsA college or parent night for a club or a high school. In person or online.
Getting Evaluated
What college recruiting really asks of a family, told to the player and the parent together. You’re never behind. You’re right where you need to be; you just need a strategy that works.
Recruiting is not about getting identified. Recruiting is about getting evaluated.
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A team or a staffPlayers, captains, coaching staffs and the parents around them.
Breaking the Communication Code
Four styles: The Driver, The Inspirer, The Supporter and The Calibrator. How each of us communicates, and how to reach the people who communicate differently than we do. Built in four voices, athlete, parent, coach and leadership, so the whole room ends up with the same language.
Four styles. One language for the whole room.
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A school, a conference or an organizationKeynotes, banquets, leadership days.
Significance over Success
Significance = Value. Our experiences shape our feelings, our feelings shape our motivation, and our motivation shapes our performance. Christian walks that chain back from the scoreboard to the experience, and shows what a coach, a leader or a parent can change along the way.
Train the person, not just the player.
Not sure which fits? Tell Christian who’s coming. Every talk can run as a keynote or as a workshop.
Three ways to bring Christian in
| Format | Length | Best for |
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| Keynote | One talk | A conference, a banquet, a clinic or a staff day. One of the four talks, built for your audience. |
| Workshop | Half-day to multi-day | Hands-on time with your coaches, captains, staff or leaders. Half-day and full-day sessions, or a multi-day retreat. |
| College and parent night | An evening, in person or online | A club or a high school and its families. Players and parents together, with time for their questions. |
Every booking starts with a conversation about who’s in the room and what you want them to leave with.
A coach first
Christian DeVries has coached for more than 30 years, across NCAA Division II and Division III, NAIA and junior college programs. In 14 years at the University of Minnesota Morris his teams won six championships. He’s in the University of Minnesota Morris Cougar Hall of Fame as head coach of the 2003 women’s soccer team, inducted in 2022.
In 2015 he founded VOLTA Sports Ventures, to take leadership into corporate America through the universal language of sports. That work became AOS Sports, where he’s the founder. Read his letter on why VOLTA became AOS Sports. He’s a certified John Maxwell Team Leadership coach, trainer and speaker, and he wrote The Mighty, a sports devotional, with Boyd Hamlin.
“I change the lives of young men and women at a point in their lives when they are leaving the nest and finding their wings through a sport I love, soccer.”Christian DeVries
- CoachingMore than 30 years
- ChampionshipsSix, at Minnesota Morris
- Hall of FameMinnesota Morris Cougar Hall of Fame, head coach of the 2003 women’s soccer team (inducted 2022)
- FounderAOS Sports and College Player Pathway. VOLTA Sports Ventures, 2015
- CertifiedJohn Maxwell Team Leadership coach, trainer and speaker
- AuthorThe Mighty, with Boyd Hamlin
Rooms Christian has presented in
- United Soccer Coaches Convention
- NAIA National Soccer Tournament
- Future Business Leaders of America National Conference
- FBLA Arizona State Conference
- Youth Sports SummitErie Sports Center
- Florida Youth SoccerAGM and Conference
- Minnesota Youth Soccer
- South Dakota Youth SoccerAGM and Conference
- Lake of the Ozarks Soccer Association
- Mobile, AL Referees Association
- Paradise Valley Community CollegeFirst Generation Day keynote
- Maricopa County Community CollegesBuilding Better Communities
- Honolulu Bulls Soccer Club
- Next Level Soccer Club
Coaching education for your club. Steve Richards and Matt Clark run one- to three-day programs on site, built around your coaches and your players.
Ask through AOS SportsTell us about your event
A few details are enough to start. Nothing is booked until we’ve talked.
- We get back to you about the date.
- A short call about your group and what you want them to leave with.
- Christian builds the talk around your room.
Email Christian
[email protected]Tell us your organization, what you’re planning (a keynote, a workshop, or a college or parent night), the date or time of year, where, and who’s in the room.