The Fearless Warrior Podcast

We wanted to give you real-life examples of how current and former softball athletes use mental training.

• Monica Abbott – Visualization: How visualization helped her prepare for high-pressure situations and compete on the biggest stages in softball. Listen to her full interview with Brian Cain here!
• Payton Gottshall – Self-Talk: How she uses intentional self-talk, verbal cues, and communication with teammates to stay out of her head and focus on winning the next pitch. Listen to episode 122 for more!
• Taryn Kern – Breathing Routines: How a simple deep breath before every at-bat helps her calm her nerves, slow her heart rate, and refocus. Listen to episode 133 for more!
• Jocelyn Erickson – Visualization: How she mentally rehearses specific game situations during batting practice so that when those moments happen in a game, she's already been there before. Listen to episode 142 for more!
• Megan Faraimo – Journaling: How she uses journaling to remember lessons from practice, track adjustments, reflect on her performance, and recall what she's learned when the pressure is on. Listen to episode 82 for more!

FREE RESOURCE: The Mental Game Plan
Want to help your athlete start journaling like Megan Faraimo?

We've created a free Mental Game Plan: A Journaling Guide for Athletes to help her build a pre-game mental checklist and post-game evaluation routine.
It's a simple way to start capturing lessons, recognizing patterns, and building a mental game she can trust.

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More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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Coach AB shares the science-backed tools and frameworks that the world's best athletes and college programs are using right now in mental performance, and how you can start implementing them with your daughter this week without a single extra lesson or batting cage session.

Episode Highlights:

• Why your daughter's brain is wired to be negative — and what to actually do about it
• Why body language is the window to her self-talk and what to do instead of telling her to squash it
• Why praise, her perspective, and your perspective are the exact order that gets her to open up
• What UCLA, Tennessee, and Nebraska are doing behind the scenes with mental skills 
• How to start training with mental reps in her practice plan every week

Ready to go deeper?

Enrollment is OPEN for the Fearless Warrior Program! Sign up before enrollment closes on October 30, 2026!

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

Sydney Supple is a former Northwestern softball standout who helped lead the Wildcats to the Women's College World Series in 2022, and earned three Big Ten titles during her career. After earning her master's degree in broadcast and digital journalism, she transitioned from competing on the field to covering the game behind the microphone. Working for the Big Ten Network, SiriusXM, and ESPN as an AUSL sideline reporter, her journey gives us a rare behind-the-scenes look at what the best athletes in the world are actually doing between at-bats and innings.

 Episode Highlights:

• The breath and batter's box ritual Megan Grant taught her that changed how she thinks about the mental game
• The reset routine she used as a pitcher between every pitch
• How a flailing tube man reminded her to be "loose"
• The two-minute commercial break reset that mirrors the failure recovery routine
• How her parents’ freedom to choose kept her in the game today

Connect with Sydney:

IG: @sydney_supple

X: @Sydney_Supple

TikTok: @sydney_supple

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

Karen Weekly is the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols softball program, a 30-year coaching veteran with 1,400+ career wins, 10 Women's College World Series appearances, 4 SEC Coach of the Year honors, 6 SEC championships, and induction into the 2018 NFCA Hall of Fame. She is also the most winning coach in all of Tennessee athletics history. Coach Weekly gives us an inside look at the mission and values framework she uses with her players every single day, and the lessons she learned from her mom, her dad, and the greatest coach in women's basketball history, Pat Summitt, that still show up in her program every practice.

Episode Highlights:

• The stock market analogy that teaches her players that growth is never linear 
• What "consistent" and "boring" actually means when you are coaching at the highest level 
• How Tennessee players respond to feedback using JC and MAGIC
• The centered breathing practice her team uses every single day
• The number one way to get out of your own head is to shift your focus to a teammate

Connect with Coach Weekly:

Tennessee Softball IG: @vol_softball 

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

Aubree Munro Watson is back on the Fearless Warrior Podcast, and we are so excited to share her nuggets from the Fearless Warrior Retreat from July. She has an impressive collegiate and professional softball career, winning two national championships with the Florida Gators, two World Championship gold medals with Team USA, and a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is also the author of Born Ready, a memoir about the moments that shaped her life and led her to purpose. She opens up about the scared little girl who was afraid of everything, the coach who told her at age 12 she would never play Division I softball, and how finding freedom became the path to fearlessness.

Episode Highlights:

• The "fear list" that will make you feel seen
• The quote on a piece of paper she carried with her all the way to two national championships and the Olympics
• Why she felt more free in the highest pressure moments than anywhere else and what that taught her about purpose
• Why passion means you are willing to suffer for it

Connect with Aubree:

IG: @aubree1munro

Book: Born Ready: Making the Most of the Moments That Mark Our Lives

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

Reese Borer is a senior center back for Nebraska Soccer, and her story is not the one you usually hear. She was a late bloomer from a small town who almost gave up before she ever got her shot — and committed to Nebraska just three months before she arrived on campus. In this session, Reese opens up about riding the bench her freshman year, how she found her role when she was not playing, what fake it till you make it actually looks like on a D1 field, and why going home reminds her that she is so much more than a soccer player.

Episode Highlights:

• How being a multi-sport athlete shaped her game 
• The reality of committing three months before showing up to a D1 program 
• The one-play philosophy that changed how she showed up in her first year as a starter
• The reset routine she uses mid-game when she has no timeout to recover
• What she tells the girls at Norris High School who think a small school or a late start means the dream is out of reach

Connect with Reese:

IG: @reeseborerr

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

Coach Kara and our Warriors interviewed Alexis (Lex) Pupillo, University of Alabama softball alum and professional softball player for the Florida Vibe. She was a key contributer that helped Alabama reach the 2026 College Softball World Series. Lex is proof that rock bottom is not the end of the story. It is the beginning of the best one.

Episode Highlights:

• The transfer from UNI to Alabama and what happened the moment she walked into the facility and knew it was right
• Why she does not believe in slumps and the mindset reframe that will change the way your athlete thinks
• Isolation her junior year and the healing work it took to come back from that
• The power of "Mudita" and why Patrick Murphy builds it into Alabama's team culture
• Why yes, yes, yes hitting is the most aggressive and effective mindset tool she uses in the box

Connect with Alexis:

IG: @alexispupillo

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

If you have ever told your players to "trust the process" and then realized you never actually gave them a process, this episode is going to hit differently. I walk through the exact systems I use to build player-led teams. Whether you are a high school coach, a travel ball coach, or a parent trying to understand what is really happening between the ears, this one is for you.

Episode Highlights:

• The Beach Ball analogy that explains why talented players fall apart under pressure 
• Fountains and Drains framework for nipping drama
• Building repeatable processes for your players
• How clapping on the field changed an athlete's entire mental state
• High level strategies for intentional culture before season starts

Mental Performance skills can be trained just like physical skills. We've created a complete, easy to install mental performance curriculum that helps athletes compete with confidence, bounce back from mistakes, lead their teammates, and perform under pressure. All without adding hours to your practice plans or panicking mid-season!

Our Curriculum does the heavy lifting for you and your coaching staff. Less googling, more actionable skills. Everything you need to teach mental performance: organized, practical, and ready to use with your team on your own!

Our 10-Week Curriculum includes:
- Weekly Guided Video and Activity (just hit play!)
- Printable Athlete Worksheet
- Practice Plan Implementation

Give your athletes real tools they can use to manage stress, play loose, and perform at their best on game day!

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

I had the honor of being a presenter at this year's Nebraska Coaches Association Clinic, where I break down exactly how to train the mental game during season. So if you are a coach, this episode is for you!

Episode Highlights:

• How to implement mental skills without adding more time to your practice plan.
• Why asking for your players' perspective before giving yours is the secret to Gen Z buy-in
• Why one mental practice per week can be just as valuable as a physical one
• The difference between neutral thinking and  positive self-talk 
• How to match a mental skill with a hard drill so your athletes are building mental strength the same way they build physical strength

Mental Performance skills can be trained just like physical skills. We've created a complete, easy to install mental performance curriculum that helps athletes compete with confidence, bounce back from mistakes, lead their teammates, and perform under pressure. All without adding hours to your practice plans or panicking mid-season!

Our Curriculum does the heavy lifting for you and your coaching staff. Less googling, more actionable skills. Everything you need to teach mental performance: organized, practical, and ready to use with your team on your own!

Our 10-Week Curriculum includes:
- Weekly Guided Video and Activity (just hit play!)
- Printable Athlete Worksheet
- Practice Plan Implementation

Give your athletes real tools they can use to manage stress, play loose, and perform at their best on game day!

More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching
  
  
  

We're baaaack! After wrapping up our 5th annual Fearless Warrior Retreat, we made a deliberate decision to take a strategic break from the podcast and we are challenging you to do the same with your athlete. Coach AB and Coach Kara breakdown ways to get strategic about giving her a break without feeling like she's falling behind.

Episode Highlights:

• Why the college coaches are requiring their incoming athletes to take time off
• How to build your relationship as parents outside of sport 
• How to spot the early warning signs of mental burnout
• Questions to ask your athlete to find out if she still loves the game
• How mental training during the off-season is the most underused advantage in youth sports
• The 2 types of recovery that don't involve scrolling TikTok

Ready to make the most of the off-season? We have a 3-day challenge waiting for you inside the Fearless Warrior Program. It walks you and your athlete through 3 powerful exercises to build your relationship and give her mental clarity. Try it free for 7 days and see what a difference just 72 hours of intentional mental training can make.

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More ways to work with Fearless Warrior

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlesswarriors.org
• Instagram @fearless.coach.ab
• Instagram @fearlesswarrior
• X @CoachAB_
• YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching