Master Your Mindset with
Mental Performance Training
Soccer-specific tools that help players build confidence, respond to mistakes, and perform more freely under pressure.
Find the Right Starting Point
Every player begins with Foundations. Choose the path that best matches how you want to train.
Players & Parents
Build the player’s mental game and give parents practical tools to support the process.
Coaches, Teams & Clubs
Bring one shared mental-performance system to your players, coaches, or organization.
Welcome to Soccer Resilience
See how training the mental side of the game helps players prepare, respond, and grow.
The Soccer Resilience Training Pathway
One progressive mental-performance system that grows with the player.
Start with Foundations
Core Mental Resilience Skills
Build the core mental resilience skills every player needs.
Step 2 - Essentials
Mental Preparation
Prepare your mindset for training, games and pressure.
Step 3 - Premier
Mental Recovery
Reset, reflect, and recover after trainings & games.
Step 4 - Elite
Elite Performance
Bring it all together for consistent elite performance.
New to Soccer Resilience? Your starting point is Foundations.
TRUSTED BY SOCCER ORGANIZATIONS
BRING MENTAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING TO YOUR TEAM OR CLUB
Give players and coaches one shared system for responding to pressure, mistakes, confidence challenges, and competition.
Explore Team & Club Training
Built & Delivered by the Experts
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Curriculum Created By: Dr. Brad Miller, a sports and clinical psychologist with 25+ years of experience
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Designed By: Diego Bocanegra, a veteran youth, college, and professional coach with 30+ years of experience
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Videos Delivered By: Soccer Resilience Pro Ambassadors from MLS, NWSL and the USL
Soccer Resilience Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors bring both personal insights and professional expertise, blending their real-world experience with our sports psychology curriculum to inspire and guide you.
- Pro-Level Insights: Current and former professional players and coaches
- Exclusive Training Features: Integral voices in our online trainings and content
- One-on-One Coaching: Select ambassadors offer personalized coaching to help players apply mental-performance tools to their individual game
Work 1-on-1 with John O'Brien
Take your mental training further with personalized 1-on-1 coaching. Build on a proven mental training system with personalized coaching to strengthen how these tools show up in your game.
• World-Class Experience: Former U.S. Men’s National Team player, World Cup competitor, and Olympian
• Expert Guidance: Doctorate in psychology with proven strategies to manage pressure, confidence, and performance
• Take It Further: Guidance to strengthen how you apply Soccer Resilience tools in training and games
ACCESS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Soccer Resilience Academy App
Train your mind anytime, anywhere.
WHAT PLAYERS, PARENTS & COACHES SAY
“What impacted me the most was how to feel more confident before games and how to stay calm.”
- Ethan, U13
Placer United Soccer Club
"My family has really enjoyed and benefited from the evidence-based program. Both of my kids do the courses together, and their Soccer Resilience work played a huge part in helping them go from training players to making the rosters for the upcoming season!"
- Brad Taber-Thomas
Parent Buffalo Pro Soccer Academy
"Hearing from experts and current pros who faced similar struggles makes their advice even more relatable and valuable.”
- Kevin Crow
Executive Director Ballistic United SC
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