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"Earn the Right" is the preseason tradition I run every single season to test the mental toughness of my team. Get the free mental game training → coachfreetraining.com

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Every year, before my athletes touch a jersey, a backpack, or a jacket, they earn it.

"Earn the Right" is the preseason tradition I run every single season. It tests their mental toughness, their teamwork, and their ability to handle frustration - before it costs us a 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.

In this video I'm breaking down all six challenges, how they build on each other, and why I believe practice should feel harder than the game.

Here's what you'll learn:
Why I intentionally make athletes fail in practice
The exact six-challenge sequence from individual drills to six-on-six
How this trains mental toughness without adding extra time
What "everything is earned, not given" actually looks like as a system

This works for any sport. Grab what fits your program and run it.

🕓 Key Moments:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 What Is Earn the Right?
01:19 Mental Training & Testing
02:13 The Challenges Overview
02:25 Challenges 1–3: Individual & Small Group
04:32 Challenge 4: Free Ball Passing
05:11 Challenge 5: Serve Receive
06:05 Challenge 6: Six on Six & Wrap-Up

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P.S. Here's what the research shows:  
⚡️ When athletes mentally rehearse a skill in vivid detail, the neural pathways fire the same way as during physical practice. (Cleveland Clinic)
⚡️ Athletes who reframed pre-competition anxiety as excitement showed measurably higher performance than those who tried to calm down. (Wood Brooks, A., Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2014)
⚡️Only 9% of high school coaches report receiving formal training in sport psychology or mental performance. (Journal of Athletic Training, 2021)

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