All of School Of Hard Knocks (SOHK) activities are underpinned by 'the 3Cs'. This framework was originally developed by Dr. Chris Harwood and Dr. Karl Steptoe as a coaching methodology for youth football that incorporated life skills development. Over the years, SOHK has drawn on this evidence-based practice and applied it to SOHK Programmes. The 3Cs seek to improve an individual's confidence, control, and connection.

SOHK's 3Cs

All School Of Hard Knocks’ 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. These include negative core beliefs, controlling the controllable, hard knocks, and a growth mindset.