Coach Her Game

Coach Bre
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Welcome to Coach Her Game—the podcast for coaches of girls’ sports who are ready to build elite, championship programs without sacrificing who they are. We’re ditching the old-school, male-dominated coaching playbook and diving deep into modern strategies for mental training, culture, and leadership. If you’re looking for a space where you feel seen, heard, and equipped with powerful, authentic strategies, you’re in the right place!

  1. 1d ago

    3 Questions I Ask Every Parent Before The Season

    How you run your parent meeting decides if parents trust you or fight you all season. Learn more about the mental training program I use here → https://coachfreetraining.com 📌 Resources & Tools: FREE: 🎓 Mental Game Training for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 📬 Join our weekly Varsity Squad newsletter: https://coachhergame.com/yt-varsity-squad 🔹 Player Impact Plan Template: https://coachhergame.com/impact 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: 👉 Grab the Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for Teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🔹 Championship Program Mentorship: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/coachhergame Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@coachhergame YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Why Parent Communication Matters 00:18 Shifting My Coaching Approach 00:50 Sharing Your Story to Build Trust 01:33 Free Mental Training Resource 02:01 The Note Card Activity 03:15 Building a Parent Partnership 03:46 Wrapping Up: Mission, Values, and Mental Game 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. Your first parent meeting sets the tone for your whole season, whether you realize it or not. I used to think my job was to coach and their job was to support without question, and that approach created more drama, not less. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why leading with your accolades in a parent meeting backfires, and what to share instead ✅ The exact note card activity I run at every preseason parent meeting ✅ Three rotating questions that get parents to open up instead of shut down ✅ How to signal partnership with parents instead of gatekeeping ✅ Why this matters more than your rules and boundaries talk 💬 Coaches — comment below: What's the one question you wish every parent would answer honestly before the season starts? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: 👉Coaches' communication gaps and favoritism account for roughly 15% of parents' competitive stressors related to their child's sport participation (Eckardt, Dorsch & Lobinger, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2022) 👉 Youth sports parents report more trust in their child's coach than in national, state, and community leaders, or in their child's school and teachers (Aspen Institute Project Play, State of Play 2022) 👉 56% of coaches who experienced verbal harassment or abuse identified parents as the most common source (U.S. Center for SafeSport, 2025 National Coaches Survey) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #parentcommunication #coachinggirls #youthathletics #mentalperformance Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  2. Aug 10

    We Train for Week 12 in Week 1 — Here's How

    We train for week 12 in week 1. Here's how I build my team's mental game in before the season ever gets loud.  Learn more here, coach → https://coachfreetraining.com =========================== 📌 Resources & Tools: =========================== FREE: 🎓 Mental Game Training for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 📬 Join our weekly Varsity Squad newsletter: https://coachhergame.com/yt-varsity-squad 🔹 Player Impact Plan Template: https://coachhergame.com/impact 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: 👉 Grab the Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for Teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🔹 Championship Program Mentorship: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com =========================== Connect with us! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/coachhergame Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@coachhergame YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us! =========================== ⏰ Key Timestamps: =========================== 00:00 Introduction 00:23 First Week Overview 00:57 Culture 01:34 The Welcome Meal 01:45 Leadership Core 03:37 Norms & Expectations 04:54 Mental Training 06:12 Mental Training Tools 07:23 Recap & Resources 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. I don't wait until playoffs to teach my team how to handle pressure. In this episode, I walk through my exact first week of the season, culture, norms and expectations, and mental training, and why building it all in early is what keeps me from putting out fires later. 🧐 What You'll Learn: Why I say "we're training for week 12 in week one," and what that actually looks like in practice How my Leadership Core runs our welcome meal instead of me The 5-7 minute routine my team does before every single practice Why unglamorous logistics like net setup protect your culture more than you'd think The line I used to say about "whichever team shows up" and why I stopped saying it 💬 Coaches — comment below: What's the one thing you already have locked in for your own first week, and what's still up in the air? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Team-building interventions lasting less than 2 weeks did not produce statistically significant improvements in team cohesion, while effects were strongest for interventions over 2 weeks with athletes ages 15-20. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2024) A meta-analysis of 112 effect sizes across 15 sports found pre-performance routines produced moderate-to-large effects on performance under pressure. (International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021) A study of 255 U.S. high school coaches found nearly 90% believed formal captain leadership programs were beneficial, but only 12% actually used one. (Journal of Leadership Education, 2019) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #teamculture #highschoolcoaching #preseasonprep Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  3. Aug 3

    Volleyball Tryouts: The Right Way to Cut Players (Without Destroying Them)

    How you handle cuts says as much about your training as it does about her talent. Learn more here, coach → https://coachfreetraining.com =========================== 📌 Resources & Tools: =========================== FREE: 🎓 Mental Game Training for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 📬 Join our weekly Varsity Squad newsletter: https://coachhergame.com/yt-varsity-squad 🔹 Player Impact Plan Template: https://coachhergame.com/impact 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: 👉 Grab the Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for Teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🔹 Championship Program Mentorship: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com =========================== Connect with us! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/coachhergame Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@coachhergame YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us! =========================== ⏰ Key Timestamps: =========================== 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Reduce Anxiety Early 03:49 Avoid Surprises 05:55 Setting Evaluation Criteria 07:32 Evaluating Intangibles 10:13 Communicating Teams and Cuts 13:53 Final Thoughts 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. In this video, I break down how I make tryout cuts after 14 years of coaching and four state championships, including decisions I still think about years later. This episode covers the evaluation system I built so those decisions come from data and clarity, not just a gut call under pressure. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why real evaluation starts in the summer, not on day one of tryouts ✅ The FAQ document that gets every athlete and parent on the same page about how cuts work before tryouts begin ✅ How a two-day structure gives you the data to back up a hard decision ✅  Why I stopped fitness testing and what I watch instead to decide who makes the team ✅ How to evaluate leadership and mental toughness without cutting a player for a skill you're going to teach her anyway 💬 Coaches — comment below: what's the hardest cut you've ever had to make, and how did you handle telling her? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: ⚡️Larger high schools tend to cut more athletes than smaller ones, which is linked to earlier single-sport specialization in female high school volleyball players. (UW-Madison School of Education, 2026) ⚡️A study of 22 head coaches found deselection happens in four distinct phases, and coaches often lean on intuition when evaluation criteria run into uncertainty. (Dunn, McHugh & Holt, The Sport Psychologist, 2016) ⚡️A growing body of research now supports mental toughness as a trainable skill, not a fixed trait athletes are simply born with. (American College of Sports Medicine, 2025) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #youthathletics #tryoutcuts #volleyballcoach Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  4. Jul 27

    The 'Cactus Kid' Every Coach Has (And Nobody Trains For)

    Every roster has a cactus kid. Most coaches never get trained for her. Learn more culture tips here, coach → https://champions.elitecompetitor.com 📌 Resources & Tools: FREE:🎓 Mental Game Training for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 📬 Join our weekly Varsity Squad newsletter: https://coachhergame.com/yt-varsity-squad 🔹 Player Impact Plan Template: https://coachhergame.com/impact 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: 👉 Grab the Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for Teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🔹 Championship Program Mentorship: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/coachhergame Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@coachhergame YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction: The Gift of Strong-Willed Kids 01:13 Meet Wendy Snyder & Fresh Start Family 03:05 Traits of Strong-Willed Kids & Future Leaders 06:06 Coaching Cactus Kids: Earning Respect 07:03 Handling Intensity Without Disrespect 09:44 Teaching Peaceful Conflict Resolution & Win-Win 12:54 Detachment & Handling Different Personalities 13:25 Team Conversations & Detachment Skills 16:27 Reframing Complaints as Requests 21:16 Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Wendy 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. 🎙 Joined this episode by Wendy Snyder, positive parenting educator, family life coach, and founder of Fresh Start Family. Coaches, you already know the player. Intense, competitive, hard to read, and probably one of the best athletes on your roster. This episode breaks down how to coach that intensity without letting it slide into disrespect, and how to run a team conversation about it without shaming the kid who brought the energy in the first place. What You'll Learn: ✅ The difference between competitive intensity and actual disrespect, and why coaches confuse the two ✅ A simple script for peaceful conflict resolution you can use with any two players who are clashing ✅ Why "behind every complaint is a request" changes how you respond to a player who's venting ✅ How to hold a team meeting about one player's impact without making her feel like the problem ✅ When to loop a parent in versus letting the athlete handle the conflict herself 💬 Coaches — comment below: What's your go-to move when one intense player is creating friction with the rest of the team? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: ⚡️Conflict communication patterns accounted for 40% of the variance in team cohesion among competitive youth athletes (McLaren & Spink, International Journal of Sport Communication, 2020) ⚡️Managing parents ranked among the top reasons coaches considered leaving the profession, per a national survey of 3,470 coaches (U.S. Center for SafeSport, 2026) ⚡️More than 40% of sports officials surveyed cited unruly parent conduct as the biggest threat to their job satisfaction (National Association of Sports Officials, 2023) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #coachhergame #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #teamculture #youthathletics Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  5. Jul 20

    5 Low-Lift Ways to Build Team Culture This Season (No Trust Falls)

    Culture isn't a poster on the wall, it's a system you run every week. Don't miss the July templates and live call on team culture →https://champions.elitecompetitor.com   📌 Resources & Tools: FREE:🎓 Mental Game Training for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 📬 Join our weekly Varsity Squad newsletter: https://coachhergame.com/yt-varsity-squad 🔹 Player Impact Plan Template: https://coachhergame.com/impact 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: 👉 Check out the free training for coaches →  https://coachfreetraining.com 👉 Grab the Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for Teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🔹 Championship Program Mentorship: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/coachhergame Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@coachhergame YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Struggle Together 02:13 Service 03:51 Stories & Vulnerability 05:10 Mental Training Program 07:23 Wrap-Up & Next Steps 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre, a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. Culture doesn't happen by accident, and trust falls won't build it. In this episode, I break down the three things that actually create team culture: struggle, service, and stories. You'll see the exact low-lift system I run every season, from a six-part challenge series to a weekly circle where players open up. What You'll Learn: Why struggle, not fun, is what actually bonds a team Why it's important build in intentional team challenges at the start of the season How to turn a simple team meal into a leadership moment The Open Circle Method for building real vulnerability and trust Why pairing mental training with team bonding saves practice time 💬 Coaches — comment below: which one does your team need most right now, struggle, service, or stories? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Team cohesion is linked to lower burnout in female youth athletes (Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2020) Team cohesion strengthens athletes' ability to handle adversity through social support (Frontiers in Psychology, 2025) Psychological safety, not talent, is the strongest predictor of team performance (NYT Magazine, 2016) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #teamculture #youthathletics #coachhergame Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  6. Jul 14

    How I Prevent Team Drama in Just 15 Minutes Per Week (Every Coach Needs This)

    Team drama isn't about bad attitudes, it's about missing systems. I'm sharing the a simple framework that prevents it. Grab more coaching tips → https://coachfreetraining.com  In this episode, I'm breaking down the exact system I use to reduce drama and handle playing time issues without adding hours to my week.   👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre - a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion.  This is the framework I've used with all four championship teams. It takes 15 minutes per week total, and it prevents hours of drama management.  What You'll Learn: The real reason team drama keeps happening (even after team dinners and bonding activities)How to structure five-minute athlete check-ins that actually prevent conflictThe three questions I ask every athlete every other week that build trust and clarity How Player Impact Plans eliminate playing time drama before it startsWhy mental training and individual confidence building is your best team culture strategy  🕓 Key Moments: 00:00 Introduction: The Real Problem with Team Drama 01:09 Weekly Check-Ins: The Simple System That Works 04:21 The Three Questions Framework 05:54 Building Confidence Through Mental Training 08:37 Player Impact Plans: Setting Clear Expectations 10:10 Championship Culture Membership 11:53 Recap: Systems Over People Problems 💬 Coaches - comment below: What's the biggest source of drama on your team right now? 📌 Free Tools & Next Steps 🔹 Grab our in-depth FREE training → https://coachfreetraining.com 🔹 Follow us on IG → @elitecompetitorcoach 🔹 Follow us on TikTok→ @coachhergame   🔔 Subscribe for More → Never miss an episode of Coach Her Game!  P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Athletes who receive regular individual feedback from coaches show 32% improvement in self-efficacy and confidence compared to those who receive only team-level feedback (Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2019)Teams with structured communication systems and role clarity experience 45% fewer interpersonal conflicts during competitive seasons (International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 2021)Student-athletes who understand their specific role on a team report 28% higher satisfaction and 35% lower anxiety related to playing time uncertainty (Journal of Sport Behavior, 2018) The Coach Her Game podcast is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  7. Jul 13

    In-Season & Postseason Mental Game Roadmap: Every Coach Needs This

    This is Part 2, here's exactly what my team does every practice, and how it held up at championship point. Grab the full training → https://coachfreetraining.com Coaching Resources 👉 Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🎓 Free Mental Training Resource for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 🔹 Championship Program Membership: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com 🔹 Player Impact Plan: https://elitecompetitor.kit.com/6639eaaf9f 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast Connect with Me 🔹 Follow us on TikTok→ @coachhergame 📲 Instagram: @coachhergame 🔔 Subscribe for weekly mental training strategies built specifically for coaches of girl athletes. 🕓 Key Moments: 00:00 The Moment I Almost Quit Coaching 00:40 Searching for Answers 01:54 The Real Problem Coaches Face 02:35 In-Season Mental Training: 3, 2, 1 Brave 05:41 Why Consistency Beats Guest Speakers 07:03 Postseason: Training the Response to Pressure 10:35 How to Get Started 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. In Part 1 I covered the pre-season setup. This time I'm showing you what actually runs every single day once the season starts. 🏐 And what happens when the pressure hits hardest, postseason. What You'll Learn: ✅ The exact 3-2-1 BRAVE routine my team runs before every practice ✅ Why a one-time guest speaker can't do what a daily habit does ✅ How postseason pressure training is different from in-season training ✅ The real championship-point story where this routine made the difference P.S. A few stats worth knowing: ⚡️Higher trait gratitude in athletes is linked to greater perceived social support and lower risk of burnout (Gabana et al., 2017) ⚡️Athletes who train with visualization methods report real improvements in confidence and self-control while competing (Predoiu et al., 2020) ⚡️My program hasn't missed a state tournament in 8 years, with 4 consecutive state championships since building this system (Coach Bre, personal coaching record) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #volleyballcoach #mentaltoughness #highschoolcoaching Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

  8. Jul 6

    Pre-Season Mental Game Roadmap: Every Coach Needs This

    Is your team falling apart under pressure? I'm breaking down my full season mental training system starting with pre-season. Grab the training → coachfreetraining.com ***Coaching Resources*** 👉 Plug & Play Elite Mental Game for teams → https://elitecompetitor.com/plugplayemg 🎓 Free Mental Training Resource for Coaches: https://coachfreetraining.com 🔹 Championship Program Membership: https://champions.elitecompetitor.com 🔹 Player Impact Plan: https://elitecompetitor.kit.com/6639eaaf9f 🎙 Podcast: Coach Her Game Podcast ***Connect with Me*** 📩 Work with Coach Bre: coachfreetraining.com 🔹 Follow us on TikTok→ @coachhergame 📲 Instagram: @coachhergame 🔔 Subscribe for weekly mental training strategies built specifically for coaches of girl athletes. 🕓 Key Moments: 00:00 The Wake-Up Call 00:41 Hitting Rock Bottom 01:25 Turning Point: Training the Mental Game 02:58 Pre-Season Foundation Building 06:47 Weekly Mindset Mondays 07:51 Resources & Closing 👋🏼 I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a long-time head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. I used to think talent was enough until my team fell apart in a state semifinal and I froze right along with them. 😳 That loss sent me down a rabbit trail that turned into an actual system, one I still run every single season.  You'll learn how I use pre-season to set the foundation for mental training all season long including setting the vision, affirmations, and mindset Mondays. P.S. A few stats worth knowing: ⚡️Athletes who train with visualization methods report real improvements in confidence and self-control while competing (Predoiu et al., 2020) ⚡️Mental imagery training has been shown to help athletes maintain and improve performance, especially at the pre-elite level (Dello Iacono et al., 2021) ⚡️My program hasn't missed a state tournament in 8 years since I started intentionally training the mental game (Coach Bre, personal coaching record) The Coach Her Game YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping coaches of girl athletes strengthen their mental game and team culture in order to develop a competitive edge. #mentalperformance #coachinggirls #volleyballcoach #mentaltoughness #highschoolcoach #sports #headcoach Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!

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Welcome to Coach Her Game—the podcast for coaches of girls’ sports who are ready to build elite, championship programs without sacrificing who they are. We’re ditching the old-school, male-dominated coaching playbook and diving deep into modern strategies for mental training, culture, and leadership. If you’re looking for a space where you feel seen, heard, and equipped with powerful, authentic strategies, you’re in the right place!

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  • Creator
    Coach Bre
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    109
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Coach Her Game
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