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⏰ 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.

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Head to coachfreetraining.com to grab our free training for coaches to quickly level-up your team's mental game!