01 · Check-In Questions
Start somewhere other than “How was your week?”
Creative check-in questions, visual check-ins and quick picks that help clients notice how they’re arriving and what they want to focus on.
Explore check-in questionsFor coaches
Coaching activities that make room for connection, reflection and growth.
Some clients arrive ready to talk. Others need a little help getting started. Opening Play gives coaches interactive games, creative check-ins and guided activities that bring fresh energy to sessions, invite different perspectives and open the door to meaningful conversations.
14 days free. No card needed.
Resources for coaches
Ideas you can use in your next session.
Free question banks and activity ideas for kids, teens and young adults, whether you’re building rapport with a new client or helping a long-time client get unstuck.
02 · Icebreakers for Teens
Build rapport without another interview.
Would-you-rather, weirdly specific questions and hands-on challenges for new clients, quiet clients and the student who says “I don’t know.”
Explore icebreakers for teens03 · Activities for Teens and Young Adults
Make the abstract visible.
Creative activities for exploring patterns, choices and the moment before the moment, from reflection wheels to mapping early warning signs.
Explore activitiesBeyond the conversation
Sometimes another question isn’t what your client needs.
You know the feeling. You’ve asked a thoughtful question, given your client time to think and tried the topic from another angle. Still, you’re getting “I don’t know.”
Or maybe your client knows exactly what they need to do, but knowing hasn’t turned into doing.
Coaching often means finding different ways to help people notice patterns, explore possibilities and build confidence in their next step. That’s where a little creativity can make a difference. A game can introduce a new perspective. A visual activity can make an abstract challenge easier to explore. A playful moment can help a client feel more comfortable taking part.
Not every activity needs to produce a breakthrough. Sometimes the connection, the enjoyment and the willingness to try something together are valuable on their own.
Notice patterns
See possibilities
Try something different
Choose the next step
Different focus. Same goal.
Built for the way you coach.
Whatever your specialty, the goal is the same: help clients understand themselves a little better and take a next step that fits their lives. Here’s how Opening Play fits a few kinds of coaching.
01 · ADHD and Executive Function Coaches
When knowing what to do isn’t the same as doing it.
Your clients may understand their challenges perfectly. They’ve heard about planners, routines and time management. What they need is help noticing patterns, exploring what gets in the way and finding strategies that actually fit their lives.
Use interactive activities to explore getting started, decision-making, big feelings, priorities and the everyday challenges that are hard to explain in words. Several Session Enhancements come straight from an executive function coaching practice.
- Circle of Control
- Break the Loop
- Stop the Slide
- Sort It Out
Sometimes the strategy sticks because the client found it themselves.
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A Reflection Wheel in use
02 · Life Coaches
Help clients see possibilities beyond their usual perspective.
Life coaching often means navigating transitions, clarifying values, examining habits and making meaningful decisions.
Opening Play offers creative ways to explore what matters, weigh different paths and reflect on the choices clients make. A customizable Reflection Wheel, a Menu Maker full of ideas to try or a simple Win, Worry, Wish can turn a big question into something a client can see and work with.
Sometimes a playful activity creates just enough distance to see a situation differently.
03 · Academic and Student Success Coaches
Make room for more than another conversation about grades.
Students don’t always need another reminder to study, stay organized or manage their time. They may need chances to recognize their habits, think through obstacles, practice decision-making and notice what helps them follow through.
Interactive activities bring those conversations to life without making coaching feel like another class. A quick game can be the reason a student actually looks forward to the session.
Coaching shouldn’t feel like one more assignment.
04 · Career and Transition Coaches
Explore decisions, strengths and the uncertainty of what’s next.
Whether someone is choosing a major, considering a career change, starting a first job or navigating a new chapter, coaching can involve a lot of competing possibilities.
Creative reflection activities offer different ways to explore priorities, recognize strengths and consider the next step. The goal isn’t to make decisions for clients. It’s to help them explore their own thinking.
Clarity often comes from seeing the options laid out, not from one more pro and con list.
More ways to work together
Different clients. Different conversations. More ways to begin.
Interactive games
Start with something engaging. Games bring choices, surprises, strategy and shared moments that create natural openings for conversation.
Creative Session Enhancements
Go beyond worksheets with activities that help clients visualize ideas, organize thoughts, explore patterns and reflect in different ways.
Flexible check-ins
Meet clients where they are with question packs, emoji scales and your own questions, ready whenever the session needs them.
Every game includes a Playbook with moments to notice, questions to try and ideas for where the conversation could go.
The practical value of play
Play isn’t just for younger clients.
A college student might love a competitive strategy game.
A young adult in a career transition might find an unexpected insight in a visual activity.
A teen who usually shrugs through questions might come alive while making choices in a game.
People don’t outgrow the value of curiosity, creativity or play.
Opening Play gives coaches more options, whether you’re working with a middle schooler, a college student or someone stepping into a new chapter of life.
You bring the coaching expertise. Opening Play brings another way to engage.
Built in real sessions
Created by a coach who knows the moment.
Opening Play grew out of real coaching sessions and a simple observation: sometimes the most meaningful conversations begin when you’re doing something together.
Games are tested in real sessions, and every activity leaves room for your own expertise, style and goals. No rigid scripts. No one-size-fits-all approach. Just more ways to connect.
Meet DanielleWorks wherever you meet
In the room or over video.
Opening Play runs in a web browser, with nothing to install. Use it on a shared device in person, or pull it up over video and share your screen.
- iPad or tablet
- Laptop
- TV in your office
- Screen share over video
Your clients never need an account.
Client names and answers are never saved.
Bring something new to your next coaching session.
Explore interactive games, creative activities and check-ins designed to help you connect with clients and make room for meaningful conversations. 14 days free, no card needed.