#420 Breanne Smedley, 4x State Champion Volleyball Coach on Incorporating Mental Training Into Every Practices

Coach Breanne Smedley is a 14-year head coach, 4x state champion, certified mental performance coach, and co-founder of The Elite Competitor. She helps coaches build mentally tough, connected, and resilient teams so they can consistently compete at a championship level. After stepping into her first head coaching role fresh out of college, she quickly realized that while she knew the game, there was no playbook for the challenges that truly make or break a program—team culture, leadership development, and mental toughness.

Determined to bridge that gap, she became a certified mental performance coach and co-founded The Elite Competitor, where she equips coaches and female athletes with the tools to strengthen confidence, leadership, and mindset—both on and off the court. her new project helps engage coaches in this process as well.

On today’s episode, Coach Bre is pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to build a winning team—beyond the X’s and O’s. Get ready for real talk, actionable strategies, parent engagement tips, and the mindset shifts that separate good teams from great ones.

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IG: @coachhergame Free training for coaches to learn how to train the mental game in 30 mins or less per week: coach.elitecompetitor.com/training

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