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After working closely with Mark Bennett for over seven years Leisure Lines has signed a Partnership contract with PDS to deliver a quality training approach to its customers under the HALO® brand. Along with the proven Performance development system specific Workshops are to be rolled out including a short course to introduce the PDS concept and an educational poster range of 80 products. No other training provider can supply this depth of specialist services. The partnership will also benefit from unique equipment such as the PDS exclusive 3D Trainer and Performance space design services.

All PDS courses have been designed from scratch. Unique PDS “critical path” systems ensure each course is focused on “learning”, not “teaching”. The PDS team are amongst the most skilled and experienced coaches you can find anywhere. All our coaches are PDS trained and have a proven track record working with national and international athletes.

Our core values guide our team and vision. They are the very qualities we stand for and live by. All PDS coaches and trainers passionately believe in these values. Want to know about our Company? Well our core values pretty much sum us up.

Be the role models of everything we teach – all the techniques, systems and principles we teach to our clients are the same ones we believe in and live by. Even down to our exercise and nutrition principles.

Focus on learning, understanding & application not teaching – it’s not good enough for us to just teach during our interaction with clients; we ensure everyone learns in a way they understand and can link everything to their individual goals, we also ensure each person can effectively apply the new knowledge and skills with competence and confidence.

Never be afraid to try something new – the day we stop believing we can learn and improve is the day we need to retire. We will always be open to new ideas and concepts. As with all elements of the Performance Development System (PDS) we will test them first on ourselves with an open mind to ensure they work in the “real world”.

Always keep things simple – why use a technical word when there is a simple one that can do the same job, why use 20 words if you can achieve your point with less. PDS is about keeping things simple so everyone can understand. We ensure all our coaches and trainers have the skills to do this.

Never compromise on quality – this word runs through all our deliveries and products. You only have to experience them once to appreciate our high quality lines.
Focus on what can be done, not what can’t – it is far too easy to find reasons not to give things a go, challenges each day that provide opportunities to give up. We live to find the way to succeed, we live to help our clients choose that same philosophy.

Maintain honesty with ourselves and our clients – we will never hide the truth from ourselves or our clients. Sometimes in life the reality is often hidden and unspoken as people don’t want to face up to potential weaknesses or failures. We believe people need to know where they are in order to move forward and develop.

Adhere to the critical path- this is about only spending time on the elements that are clearly linked to the goal. Far too much time and effort is often wasted on additional models, techniques and systems that may seem interesting or sound good, but do not get you to your destination quicker. These “time pirates” take time away from the elements that do.

Continue to improve and evolve – we are always looking to find ways to develop our systems. As the world changes we will continue to actively develop all our services; ensuring they fit into our clients needs and challenges like a well tailored suit.
Be faithful to our values – there is no point in having core values unless you believe in them and live by them. We have seen far too many organisations that have values filed away or framed on a wall somewhere that are ignored or unknown by their work force.

Our core values define us as individuals and unite us as a team.

Mark Bennett MBE

PDS Master Trainer & Advanced Coach
Mark Bennett MBE is the founder of Performance Development Systems (PDS), with over 20 years experience as a qualified trainer & coach. Mark has spent many years developing a world class performance system which provides high quality performance coaching & mentoring to national, international coaches, organisations, teams and athletes.

Mark served as a Pti in the British Army as a senior Warrant Officer at the Army School of Physical training, and as the senior instructor at  29 Commando Regiment  running  physical development and commando training. Mark experienced the stresses of operations abroad while serving with the commando forces. He was awarded the MBE in 2006 for his work in developing the Performance Development Systems (PDS).

Mark works closely with the English Golf Union, providing training and mentoring for many of the top PGA coaches in the Country, England Rugby and UK Special Forces. Other clients have included the British Military, premiership rugby union and super league teams, international athletes as well as health club chains and schools. Mark also works closely with double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes designing and delivering training to other professionals and athletes.

Courses

These courses are designed for professional coaches and trainers. The level of delivery is aimed at experienced professionals who are looking to develop beyond the average trainer or coach.We keep delegate numbers low on all our courses to ensure learning and understanding is facilitated. As you will see from our core values, quality is something we are not will to compromise on.

To find out more about PDS please visit the website http://pdscoach.com