IMG Academy+ Essentials Workshop

Performance Fuel for Picky Eaters

  • 16 min Interactive Workshop  
  • 6 min Q&A
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Beyond The Bite

Discover the importance of your student-athlete’s nutrition and develop strategies to overcome their picky eating.

Understand Causes of Picky Eating

Discover what drives picky eating and learn how to identify why it occurs.

Build the Optimized Performance Plate

Learn how to build balance meals for picky eaters.

Develop Strategies for Fueling

Uncover strategies to use to expand food choices for picky eaters.

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Workshop Chapters

1. The Importance of Balanced Nutrition

Explore why nutrition matters and how it fuels everything your athlete does.

2. What Drives Picky Eating

Discover what causes picky eating and why it may resurface in adolesence.

3. Performance Plate for Picky Eaters

Learn how to optimize the performance plate for picky eaters to help build balanced meals.

4. The Danger Zone

Understand how to avoid common traps parents can fall into when trying to fix picky eating.

5. Strategies for Fueling Picky Eaters

Discover how to incorporate what you’ve learned by meeting your athlete where they are.

6. Wrap Up

Leverage this powerful framework to help you achieve your goals. 

7. Coach Q&A

Coach Max answers real questions from student athletes. Don’t see your question answered? Ask a coach in the community.

meet your coach

Performance Dietitian
Max Dadswell

Max Dadswell is a performance dietitian from Hershey, Pennsylvania, with a strong academic foundation built at Penn State University, where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nutritional Sciences. His professional journey includes experience with elite athletic organizations such as Penn State Football, the Kansas City Royals, and Orlando City Soccer Club. Since January 2025, Max has been based on campus at IMG Academy, where he has supported the nutrition needs of student-athletes across multiple sports, including boys and girls soccer, volleyball, baseball, and football.

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Ask questions, get answers and connect with IMG Academy+ coaches and other athletes in the virtual community.

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frequently asked questions

Who is IMG Academy+ Essentials for?

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All student-athletes are welcome but this membership is best suited for student-athletes ages 13-19 and their parents who are looking to build skills to win in sports and life. Applicable to all sports!

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In the course community, you can interact with other student-athletes and the coach facilitator in real time.

However, the course lessons are not live. We know student-athletes are always stretched for time, so we wanted to ensure that everyone could learn at their own pace and on their own schedule.

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Through IMG Academy+ Essentials, you will have access to IMG Academy+ Coaches through the course community and learning experiences. Customers who purchase 1:1 coaching will have access to their own private coach.