Who We Are Our Psychology Our Psychology All of School of Hard Knocks' activities are underpinned by the 5Cs. The 5Cs framework was originally developed by Dr Chris Harwood and Dr Karl Steptoe as a coaching methodology for youth football that incorporated life skill development. Over the years School of Hard Knocks has drawn on this evidence-based practice and applied it to both Adult Courses and Schools Programmes. SOHK’s 5Cs is a framework that seeks to improve individuals’: confidence, commitment, communication, control and cohesion. All of School of Hard Knocks’ Adult Courses and Schools Programmes use indoor and outdoor sessions in tandem to achieve these aims. The outdoor sessions use sport - primarily rugby - to physicalise some of the challenges our participants face, and indoor sessions are used to further explore these issues and look at how the lessons learned on the pitch can be applied to daily life. SOHK is constantly adapting and creating new sessions in order to keep up with society’s ever-changing landscape, there are however, core topics that are central to all of SOHK’s programmes and courses. These include: negative core beliefs, controlling the controllable, hard knocks and growth mindset. Manage Cookie Preferences