Raising Elite Competitors

The GO TO PODCAST for Sports Moms raising confident girl athletes! Elite Competitor Co-Founder Coach Breanne Smedley (AKA Coach Bre) is all about empowering moms with the tools they need to strengthen their athlete daughter's mental game so she believes in herself as much as you do (and plays like it!). Whether you're a sports mom with lots of seasons under your belt, just getting started on this sports journey, or somewhere in between... think of this podcast as your go-to guide to helping your daughter navigate the ups and downs of her sports journey. If you feel like you've tried everything to build your daughter's confidence and often don't know what to say to support her (especially when she's being super hard on herself), then you're in the right place. Coach Bre and her guests break it down into actionable strategies that WORK so that you never have to feel stuck not knowing what to say or how to help your athlete daughter again. Through what you learn on the Raising Elite Co

Raising Elite Competitors is a sports podcast hosted by Coach Bre, with 333 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Coach Bre hosts Raising Elite Competitors, a sports show with 333 episodes published.

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  Episode #323

  The Mental Reset That Unlocked Maya's Gymnastics Skill After 5 Months

  Oct 4, 202611 minS2

  A mental reset helped Maya land a skill she chased for months. Help your daughter build hers. Learn more here, mom → https://trainhergame.com/mom Resources & Tools: FREE for YOU: Strengthen Your Athlete's Mental Game - Training for Parents → https://trainhergame.com/mom Join our weekly TIPS newsletter → https://sportsmom.fyi/yt-tips Use this Conversation Guide w/ Scripts to talk to your athlete about mental training → https://sportsmom.fyi/convo-guide Listen to the Podcast: Raising Elite Competitors FREE for Athletes: Share with your athlete: What's Your Competitor Style Quiz → https://athlete.fyi/yt-quiz YouTube Playlist for Athletes → https://www.youtube.com/@AthleteMentalEdge OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoach Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitors YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome & Introduction 00:45 The Cody Story 02:38 Breaking Down the Practice 04:34 The Snapback Routine 05:23 Life Before Mental Training 07:08 Advice & What's Next I'm Coach Bre, a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a former head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. In this episode, Coach Saylor, a mental performance coach inside our Elite Competitor Academy, sits down with Maya, our August Athlete of the Month and a Level 7 trampoline and tumbling athlete. Maya spent five months working on a skill she needed to move up a level. The missing piece showed up on a practice she walked into tired and doubtful, when she leaned on her mental reset and went for it. She shares her exact Snapback Routine word and signal, plus what changed after one mistake used to end her whole practice. What You'll Learn: ✅ The mental reset Maya used right before she landed her skill ✅ What a cue word and physical signal look like in a real routine ✅ Why a breakthrough doesn't wait for a good-feeling day ✅ How visualization helped her trust the skill before she landed it ✅ The advice Maya gives athletes who are stuck and losing hope Moms, comment below: What skill or moment has your daughter been stuck on the longest this season? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Pre-performance routines showed moderate-to-large performance benefits under pressure, across 15 sports and 800 athletes (Rupprecht, Tran & Gröpel, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021) Imagery combined with physical practice was more effective than physical practice alone (Simonsmeier et al., International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021) Self-talk interventions were more effective for new skills than for well-learned ones (Hatzigeorgiadis et al., Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2011) The Raising Elite Competitors podcast and YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping sports moms strengthen their daughter's mental game and confidence in order to help her perform her best when it matters most. #sportsmom #girlathletes #athleteconfidence #gymnasticsmom #mentaltoughness #mentaltoughness #girlsports #sportsparents #basketball #soccer #highschoolsports #collegesports #fencing #gymnastics #competitivecheer #volleyball #drama #swimming #lacrosse #tennis #golf #athleteconfidence #girlconfidence #daughter #girldad Join our FREE live training for sports parents: The Do's and Don'ts of Strengthening Your Athlete's Mental Game! -> REGISTER HERE

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  Episode #322

  She Practices Every Skill But This One (Takes 30 Mins/Week Inside The Elite Competitor Academy)

  Sep 29, 202623 minS2

  Her mental game needs reps too. See how the Elite Competitor Academy covers this gap in just 30 minutes a week, and how you help. Learn more here → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Resources & Tools: FREE for YOU: Strengthen Your Athlete's Mental Game - Training for Parents → https://trainhergame.com/mom Join our weekly TIPS newsletter → https://sportsmom.fyi/yt-tips Use this Conversation Guide w/ Scripts to talk to your athlete about mental training → https://sportsmom.fyi/convo-guide Listen to the Podcast: Raising Elite Competitors FREE for Athletes: Share with your athlete: What's Your Competitor Style Quiz → https://athlete.fyi/yt-quiz YouTube Playlist for Athletes → https://www.youtube.com/@AthleteMentalEdge OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoach Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitors YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 What is the Elite Competitor Academy 01:48 Why Our Approach is Different 03:36 How It Works: Getting Started 05:01 The Trainings & Daily Routine 08:21 Live Coaching: Elite Competitor Premier 11:34 Real Family Results 13:32 Common Questions & Pricing I'm Coach Bre, a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a former head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. She goes to practice to build her physical skills and the weight room to get faster and stronger. Her mental game needs the same reps, and the mind gym takes about 30 minutes a week.I walk you through the Elite Competitor Academy, what happens in her first week, where you fit in, and the questions moms ask most before joining. What You'll Learn: ✅ What 30 minutes a week in the "mind gym" looks like for her ✅ The SnapBack Routine she learns in week one to get over mistakes fast ✅ Why her 3-2-1 BRAVE daily routine gets repeated every new season ✅ How the welcome call gets your daughter bought in, so you don't have to do the convincing ✅ How the parent track gives you scripts for after a bad game, tough coaches, and politics Moms, comment below: Which skill gets the most practice time in her week right now? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Girls who drop out of sports report significantly more worries about messing up, not playing well, and losing than girls who keep playing (Women's Sports Foundation, 2020) Pre-performance routines improved sport performance in a meta-analysis of 112 effect sizes, including under pressure (International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021)- Psychological skills training outperformed no training with moderate effects on athletic performance in a systematic review (Sports Medicine, 2024) The Raising Elite Competitors podcast and YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping sports moms strengthen their daughter's mental game and confidence in order to help her perform her best when it matters most. #sportsmom #girlathletes #mentaltraining #mentalgame #raisingelitecompetitors Join our FREE live training for sports parents: The Do's and Don'ts of Strengthening Your Athlete's Mental Game! -> REGISTER HERE

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  Episode #321

  How Elite Competitor Academy Families Fit Mental Training Into a Packed Week

  Sep 26, 202610 minS2

  Parents worry that mental training just feels like "one more thing." Here's how these moms and daughters actually fit it in. Learn more here → https://trainhergame.com/mom Resources & Tools: FREE for YOU: Strengthen Your Athlete's Mental Game - Training for Parents → https://trainhergame.com/mom Join our weekly TIPS newsletter → https://sportsmom.fyi/yt-tips Use this Conversation Guide w/ Scripts to talk to your athlete about mental training → https://sportsmom.fyi/convo-guide Listen to the Podcast: Raising Elite Competitors FREE for Athletes: Share with your athlete: What's Your Competitor Style Quiz → https://athlete.fyi/yt-quiz YouTube Playlist for Athletes → https://www.youtube.com/@AthleteMentalEdge OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoach Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitors YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Fitting Mental Training Into a Busy Schedule 02:52 How Parents Engage with the Program 03:48 Ella's Experience as a Swimmer 05:16 Individual vs. Team Sports 07:50 Why the Elite Competitor Academy Works I'm Coach Bre, a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a former head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. Joined by two Elite Competitor Academy families, Michelle and her daughter Elise, and Danyell and her daughter Ella, sharing what changed for them inside the program. Elise shares exactly how she fits her mental training into car rides before and after games, and why it never felt like another huge commitment on top of school and practice. You'll also hear Ella break down how the mental game applies differently for a solo sport like swimming versus a team sport like soccer. What You'll Learn: How Elise fits her mental training into 15-minute car rides, before or after games Why the program never felt like "more school" once she actually started How Michelle and Danyell stayed involved as parents without micromanaging it What changes for an individual-sport athlete versus a team-sport athlete Why every athlete, solo or team, needs these skills for a different reason Moms — comment below: What's the one thing that makes you worry a new program will be "one more thing" for your athlete? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Individual-sport athletes report anxiety or depression at nearly double the rate of team-sport athletes, 13% versus 7% (Pluhar et al., Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2019) Self-talk and anxiety patterns differ meaningfully between individual and team versions of the same sport, tied to how responsibility is structured (Journal of Human Kinetics, 2025) A meta-analysis of 86 studies and over 3,500 athletes found that about 10 minutes of imagery practice, three times a week, produced the strongest performance gains (Behavioral Sciences, 2025) The Raising Elite Competitors podcast and YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping sports moms strengthen their daughter's mental game and confidence in order to help her perform her best when it matters most. #sportsmom #mentalgame #girlathletes #sportsparenting #confidentathletes #visualizationforathletes #mentaltraining Join our FREE live training for sports parents: The Do's and Don'ts of Strengthening Your Athlete's Mental Game! -> REGISTER HERE

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  Episode #320

  How to Help Your Athlete Bounce Back From a Bad Play in Minutes

  Sep 22, 202614 minS2

  Two moms share how they help their daughters bounce back from a bad play in minutes. Parents... Join me LIVE this week to learn more → https://trainhergame.com/mom Resources & Tools: FREE for YOU: Strengthen Your Athlete's Mental Game - Training for Parents → https://trainhergame.com/mom Join our weekly TIPS newsletter → https://sportsmom.fyi/yt-tips Use this Conversation Guide w/ Scripts to talk to your athlete about mental training → https://sportsmom.fyi/convo-guide Listen to the Podcast: Raising Elite Competitors FREE for Athletes: Share with your athlete: What's Your Competitor Style Quiz → https://athlete.fyi/yt-quiz YouTube Playlist for Athletes → https://www.youtube.com/@AthleteMentalEdge OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Connect with us IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoach Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitors YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Elise's Breakthrough on the Field 02:06 The Trust Yourself Trick 03:25 Ella's Pool Adaptation 05:10 Parents' New Playbook 07:45 Join the Elite Competitor Academy I'm Coach Bre, a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a former head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. Joined by two Elite Competitor Academy families, Michelle and her daughter Elise, and Danyell and her daughter Ella, sharing what changed for them inside the program. Michelle shares the exact wristband trick she uses to remind Elise to trust herself mid-game, and Danyell describes how quickly Ella recovers between swims when she has a rough one. Both moms also open up about how they changed the way they talk to their daughters after a game, swapping quick fixes for real support. What You'll Learn: ✅ The exact wristband trick Michelle uses to remind Elise to trust her skills mid-game ✅ How Ella "knocks off" a bad swim and preps for the next one like it's brand new ✅ Why Elise's coach noticed a change before she said anything about it ✅ The shift from outcome praise to process praise, and why it reprograms self-talk ✅ What changed once both moms stopped focusing on what could've gone better Moms — comment below: What's one thing you say to your daughter right after a tough game or match? P.S. A few stats worth knowing: Parents who give process-oriented feedback, focused on effort and strategy over outcome, support their young athlete's motivation more effectively (Motivation and Emotion, 2023) A study of 46 NCAA Division I swimmers found that a structured pre-performance routine led to more helpful emotions and less intense negative emotions before racing (The Sport Psychologist, 2021) A 2025 study of young elite athletes found that how quickly and constructively an athlete processes a mistake, not whether she dwells on it at all, was linked to better perceived performance (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2025) The Raising Elite Competitors podcast and YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping sports moms strengthen their daughter's mental game and confidence in order to help her perform her best when it matters most. #sportsmom #mentalgame #girlathletes #confidentathletes #sportsparenting Join our FREE live training for sports parents: The Do's and Don'ts of Strengthening Your Athlete's Mental Game! -> REGISTER HERE

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  Episode #318

  Athlete Tip: 77% of Athletes Freeze Under Pressure. Here's the Fix.

  Sep 8, 202611 minS2

  The science behind why you freeze under pressure. Athletes: take this quiz to find out your competitor style → https://elitecompetitor.com/athlete Resources & Tools: FREE for sports parents: Strengthen Your Athlete's Mental Game - Training for Parents → https://trainhergame.com/mom Join our weekly TIPS newsletter → https://sportsmom.fyi/yt-tips Use this Conversation Guide w/ Scripts to talk to your athlete about mental training → https://sportsmom.fyi/convo-guide Listen to the Podcast: Raising Elite Competitors FREE for Athletes: Share with your athlete: What's Your Competitor Style Quiz → https://athlete.fyi/yt-quiz YouTube Playlist for Athletes → https://www.youtube.com/@AthleteMentalEdge OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emg Connect with us! IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoach Tik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitors YouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE and hang out in our community here with us! ⏰ Key Timestamps: 00:00 Intro: Freezing Under Pressure 00:55 Mackenzie's Story 02:35 What Happens in Your Brain 04:10 Tip 1: Name It to Tame It 05:11 Tip 2: Anchor and Go 06:29 Tip 3: Bridge Practice and Games 08:41 Recap and Outro I'm Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a former head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion. This episode is hosted by Coach Saylor, our mental performance coach for competitive girl athletes inside the Elite Competitor Academy. In this episode, Coach Saylor breaks down why athletes who look sharp in practice can suddenly freeze the moment a real competition is on the line. She shares the science behind it, plus three tools you can start using with your daughter today. Coach Saylor also shares a real message from one of our Elite Competitor Academy athletes who used these exact tools to compete like she practices and post some of her best results yet. What You'll Learn: Why skills that feel automatic in practice can break down the moment pressure shows up The "name it to tame it" step that takes the power out of a pressure spiral A simple pre-play anchor routine (breath, cue word, physical signal) to reset instantly How to build practice on purpose so game pressure stops feeling foreign Why her past training is the strongest fuel for her present confidence Moms — comment below: When does your daughter's practice-brilliance disappear the most? Big tournaments, playoffs, or when a college coach is watching? P.S. A few stats worth knowing:- 77% of athletes experience choking under pressure at least once a year, averaging 18.25 times (Mesagno, Hammond & Goodyear, 2024) A meta-analysis of 800 athletes across 15 sports found pre-performance routines produce moderate-to-large performance gains specifically under pressure (Rupprecht, Tran & Gröpel, 2021) Competitive performance anxiety in young athletes is rising due to early specialization and year-round training, and it directly interferes with executing trained skills (McDuff, Garvin & Marsalis, 2025) The Raising Elite Competitors podcast and YouTube channel is hosted by The Elite Competitor and is dedicated to helping sports moms strengthen their daughter's mental game and confidence in order to help her perform her best when it matters most. #sportsmom #mentalperformance #girlathletes #confidencecoach #athletemindset

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