First, it seems appropriate to point out the differences among the three forms of intellectual property protection at hand:

- Copyrights protect arts such as graphics, music, cinema, choreography, photography, music and more. They are in place to protect one artist from ripping off another artist's work.
- Patents are focused on protecting processes and things that are useful (aka “novel”) to society.
- Trademarks protect symbols or phrases used to brand a product or service you sell.

It seems as though your coaching methodology has the chance to receive copyright and/or patent protection. Copyright law protects original works of authorship so it would require you to put your methodology in a tangible form like a video or book. Your coaching strategy could also be considered novel and thus patentable but that requires much more time and money.

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