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

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 CompetitorsFREE 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/@AthleteMentalEdgeOUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS:👉 Join The Elite Mental Game for girl athletes → https://trainhergame.com/yt-emgConnect with us!IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/elitecompetitorcoachTik Tok: ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingelitecompetitorsYouTube: ➡︎ SUBSCRIBE 🙌🏼 and hang out in our community here with us!⏰ Key Timestamps:00:00 Intro: Freezing Under Pressure00:55 Mackenzie's Story02:35 What Happens in Your Brain04:10 Tip 1: Name It to Tame It05:11 Tip 2: Anchor and Go06:29 Tip 3: Bridge Practice and Games08:41 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 upThe "name it to tame it" step that takes the power out of a pressure spiralA simple pre-play anchor routine (breath, cue word, physical signal) to reset instantlyHow to build practice on purpose so game pressure stops feeling foreignWhy 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