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

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⏰ Key Timestamps:
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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!