about

Sara Holland Sports is founded on the belief that we are all life-long learners. Sara believes developing a true athlete at any age requires a well-rounded approach that will serve and shape the whole person beyond just physical capabilities. 

A priority of her sports programs and individualized lessons is to help children and young athletes achieve self-confidence, personal growth, and improvement of sport specific skills.  She is your youngest child’s first coach, their bike teacher, and the coach who shapes your older child into the top athlete they desire to become. 

Sara brings her four principles, Dream, Desire, Development, and Discipline, into all aspects of her teaching and coaching.  They are each fluid through the learning process, but necessary for a successful outcome.

Sara has developed sport programs for children 19 months & up for over 20 years. During that time she made a name for herself in Fairfield County as a premier sports instructor, yoga teacher, and softball coach. This is her 16th year running Sara Holland Sports, and owner of Compass Sports Academy, LLC & Growing Tree Yoga, LLC.

Sara has coached at three different well known Division I institutions, Texas Tech, University of Virginia, and Yale University. Sara was owner of a premier softball organization, the CT Legends in Fairfield County, a high academic and athletic group of 18U girls that wanted to play collegiate softball. Some of the athletes went on to play at Yale, University of Virginia, Trinity, Dickinson, and at other top schools.

Sara holds an M.Ed in Motor Learning from the University of Virginia and B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas, where she played Division I softball, and later played at the professional level.  Sara continues to hold multiple hitting records at KU. Each degree earned has influenced her teachings of the fundamentals of sport skills, the development of children’s’ self-confidence, and creating a safe learning environment that promotes enthusiasm and a passion to learn.

In her spare time Sara spends her winter skiing and her summers cycling the hills of Southwestern CT, where she lives with her three young children.