Coaches: Help Your Athletes Eat Better (Without Overstepping)

Struggling to help your athletes eat better without crossing boundaries? Here's a simple way to support their nutrition and boost performance! Grab more coaching tips → https://coachfreetraining.com

Coaches, you don’t need to be a nutrition expert to make a huge difference in your athletes' performance. In this video, I’m joined by sports nutritionist Amy Dirks, who’s breaking down how to help your athletes fuel their bodies for better energy, recovery, and focus—without micromanaging every bite. Whether it’s post-practice snacks or educating parents on healthier options, we’ve got you covered.

In this session, you’ll learn:

 ✔️ How to guide athletes in making better food choices

 ✔️ Simple snack ideas that work for busy athletes

 ✔️ How to incorporate healthy habits into your coaching without overstepping

 ✔️ How fueling impacts both physical AND mental performance

👋 I’m Coach Bre — a mental performance coach for girl athletes, Co-Founder of The Elite Competitor, and a longtime head volleyball coach and 4-time state champion.

Joining us is Amy Dirks, a veteran sports nutritionist with 20 years of experience and a background as a former athlete herself. She’s worked with top-tier programs—including serving as the official sports nutritionist for the MLS team Sporting Kansas City—and brings a coach-friendly, real-world approach to fueling young athletes.

🕓 Key Moments

00:00 Introduction: Recognizing the Coach's Role in Nutrition

03:07 Motivation: Why Fueling and Nutrition Matters

07:53 Coach Tools: Simple, Tangible Actions That Work

14:59 The Red Bull Dilemma: How to Handle Athlete Habits

20:28 Nutrient Timing: What to Eat and When

26:39 Hormones and Female Athletes: Red Flags and Awareness

32:25 Conclusion: Coaches as Lifelong Educators

🎯 This isn’t just about what your athletes eat—it’s about building a team that understands how to fuel for focus, confidence, and resilience. Because no amount of hustle can fix poor recovery, low energy, or skipped meals. 💥

💬 Coaches – comment below: What’s one moment that made you realize your team needed better fueling habits—and how did you respond?

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