Distinguished mental fitness consultant and licensed clinical mental health counselor, Tracy Alston, joins Soccer Resilience®’s growing team as an ambassador, presenter and 1:1 coach. Tracy also served alongside Soccer Resilience® in delivering over 30 mental training sessions – with a focus on the significance and mechanics of breathing techniques and visualization – in early 2021 for Charlotte Independence Soccer Club.

Tracy draws on her extensive training as well as her own athletic experience to help her clients. A graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., Alston earned top academic honors and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She attended Wake Forest on a full athletic scholarship, playing four years for Wake Forest women’s basketball team in the ACC. Tracy also holds a dual master’s degree in community agency counseling with school licensure from Lenoir-Rhyne University, in Hickory, N.C., where she also served as an assistant women’s basketball coach. Tracy is also board certified in biofeedback and neurofeedback by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA),

“Throughout her experiences and by working with people from all walks of life and on all levels of success, Tracy realizes and harnesses that the biggest factor for people performing at their peak is their mind and their mental fitness. Tracy’s joy is contagious. And yes, we both proudly played for Wake Forest – Go Deacs!”

Dr. Brad Miller, Soccer Resilience® Founder

Tracy Alston is the Founder and CEO of two companies located in Mooresville, N.C., New Mentality, and Mental Edge Fitness Solutions, Inc., located inside of Champions Sports Performance in Cornelius, N.C. Tracy is a radio host and podcaster for the “Mental Fitness Matters” show on WSIC radio station that airs weekly on Thursdays from 8:30 am to 9:00 a.m. est. Tracy’s mantra is Shine-Elevate-Perform and her passion is creating innovative strategies and solutions for improving the mental health and mental fitness of her clients, companies and the world.

Soccer Resilience®: Our mission and skill is to train the most underutilized competitive edge in soccer, the MIND, transforming the mindset, performance and wellbeing of athletes, coaches and parents. We help the “software” (mental) bring the best out of the “hardware” (technical, tactical, physical). Our founders include a World Cup Champion, a MLS Cup Champion, a 20-year Psychologist and former NCAA Division I Coach/Pro Team President. We are mindset coaches, mental game advisors and content providers for tools and strategies for all levels, youth to pro, including organizations such as NWSL Players Association and SOCCER.COM. Train your brain. Transform your game…and life.