RETREATS

Optimal Performance Associates, a leading training and development company and Tall Pines Day Camp announced they have formed a partnership to host a variety of team building workshops, seminars, and retreats. Optimal Performance Associates is pleased to be offering both off-site and overnight programs. The OPA retreat center is located among the beautiful Pinelands of Monroe Township, New Jersey. Our retreat center is nestled within 60 acres of land that include brand new lodging facilities, outdoor and indoor meeting rooms, gymnasium, athletic fields, and dining services. This partnership will enable many schools, corporations, and colleges, to implement powerful and dynamic training programs at a beautiful outdoor facility. Our facilities are designed to meet the highest standards of comfort within a variety of budget options. Our retreat center is a perfect setting for day and overnight team building programs, corporate retreats and meetings, school meetings and teacher in-services, pre-season camps for athletic teams, college and school retreats/meetings, and youth group retreats.

OPA Team Building Programs at Tall Pines

For over a decade Optimal Performance Associates has been dedicated to providing innovative and exciting team building workshops, seminars, and retreats that will meet your specific objectives and goals. Our mission is to provide your organization with a dynamic learning experience that will promote the enhancement of relationships and the building of tangible skills that will produce positive results. Our highly skilled facilitators will help each participant discover new insights while translating these insights back to your work environment.

Corporate

With today's changing environment our team building and peak performance programs will assist your organization in achieving a higher level of success. Successful teams demand a clear understanding and sensitivity towards the various members of the team. Respect, trust, clear communication, common goals, commitment, and positive leadership are key elements of a high performing team. Based on over 15 years of experience we have developed a broad range of programs that build camaraderie, spark positive energy, create insight, and build tangible skills. Whether your goal is to develop new strategies, improve the way you work together, or to enhance team camaraderie Optimal Performance Associates (OPA) will teach you how to succeed. Our joint mission is to provide your organization with a dynamic learning experience that will promote the enhancement of relationships and the building of tangible skills, which will produce positive results. Our customized corporate team building workshops will teach you the skills that will give you a competitive advantage and will produce results. Our workshops will help your team:

Teacher-In-services, College Groups, and Student Team Building

For over a decade Optimal Performance Associates has been providing colleges and schools with fun, powerful, and dynamic workshops that are designed to improve teamwork, performance and character. Based on over 15 years of experience we have developed a broad range of programs that build camaraderie, spark positive energy, create insight, and build tangible skills. You can choose an in-depth team building workshop that explores a specific topic or work on group fun, camaraderie, and rejuvenation through our innovative team initiatives and activities.

Our customized team building and performance enhancement workshops will help your team:

• Build a long lasting commitment towards your team mission
• Increase mutual support and strengthen group cohesion
• Strengthen relationships between staff members
• Develop the abilities that contribute to positive leadership
• Enhance team communication and problem solving skills
• Deepen trust in self and others
• Develop an appreciation of everyone’s role
• Ability to overcome conflict in a constructive manner

Student Programs

Our customized team-building and character education workshops for youth provide a hands-on and interactive learning experience that build tangible life skills and promote personal growth. Our student and youth programs have been utilized in public and private elementary, middle, and high schools, alternative schools, and residential programs. Each workshop is custom designed to focus on a variety of topics and can range from a 1-day workshop to on-going program. Program Topics: Customized Team building, Leadership, Anti-bullying, Sportsmanship, Transition and change, and Peer Mentoring.

Athletic Teams

Gain a True Mental Edge

Are you interested in building a true championship team? How many times does your team beat themselves because of costly mental mistakes?
For over a decade Optimal Performance Associates has been dedicated to helping athletes and teams perform to their maximum potential. We have conducted hundreds of powerful workshops for collegiate and high school athletic programs, including State, Conference, and National Championship Teams.
Talent alone is not the only key to winning. Team chemistry is critical to building a high performing and mentally tough athletic team. OPA will customize and facilitate a team-building workshop or a series of team building workshops that will give coaches and players the insights and strategies for developing a championship team. Our team-building workshops will focus the following building blocks of high performing teams:

Retreat Facilities

Lodging — Tall Pines offers lodging for groups of up to 150 from April to October. Dormitory style facilities are heated and air-conditioned and clean, modern bathrooms and showers.

Meeting Rooms — We offer a variety of meeting rooms with capacity of up to 150 attendees. Outside meetings may be held in our outdoor pavilions.

Program Facilities — Our unique program facilities provide great opportunities for group interactions. We even have fun activities when it is time to relax.Activities for groups vary based upon the weather and requested opportunities.


Recreation Hall — Multi purpose, air-conditioned gymnasium with Sport Court flooring system. Adjacent heated and air-conditioned Observation Room.


Swimming Pool — Available June through mid-September


Ropes Course and Climbing Tower — Ropes Course has low and high elements.




Lake — Peddle boats, canoes and kayaks available.

Catering Services
Our caterer is ready to handle all of your catering needs. All meals are served in our air-conditioned Dining Hall or in our pavilions.