Developing Mentally Tough Soccer Players

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A Soccer Coach’s Guide to Integrating Mental Toughness Training Across a Soccer Season

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Category: Soccer

Description

You don’t have to leave the mental side of training to chance. Developing Mentally Tough Soccer Players gives coaches a clear, practical framework for systematically building resilience, confidence, and clutch performance into their teams. With step-by-step strategies, mental training exercises, and guidance for working with athletes and parents, this manual helps you create a championship culture on and off the field.

What You’ll Learn

With Developing Mentally Tough Soccer Players, Coaches will learn:

Build mental toughness in your players from preseason through playoffs
Harness the secrets of winning motivation
Deliver effective pre-game and halftime talks that inspire, not deflate
Use practical exercises and strategies to develop a winning team culture
Train parents to support your program instead of undermining it
Teach your athletes to stay cool and calm in clutch situations
Help players bounce back quickly from mistakes, adversity, and tough breaks
Keep the mental side of the game simple, actionable, and effective

Why It Works

This manual distills decades of experience working with youth, collegiate, and professional players into an easy-to-follow system that any coach can use. It gives you the tools to weave mental training into your practices and season plan so that your athletes compete with the same confidence and consistency they show in training.

Dr. G has spoken to thousands of coaches at the NSCAA, USYSA, AYSO National Conventions as well as at the National Coaching Symposium at The Olympic Training Center who have asked him for a program that would help them train their athletes to more consistently be at their best. This is that program!

The Bottom Line

If you’re serious about coaching soccer players to compete with confidence, resilience, and consistency, then Developing Mentally Tough Soccer Players is the resource you’ve been waiting for.

What’s Included: Digital Version

Printable PDF Workbook (downloadable)

What’s Included: Physical Version

Physical Workbook (shipped directly to you)

Testimonials

Dr. G, I just finished reading This is Your Brain On Sports and I absolutely loved it! It opened my eyes to what really causes athletes to fall apart and it will help me be more effective with my players!

Frank

I have all your books and very much use your techniques in my daily activity as a professional soccer coach in England. I work with players from ages 9 and 10 as well as adults and find that with adjustments to compensate for the difference in ages and cognitive capabilities, your techniques have served me well over the years to make the most out of the potential of my boys. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your work and please keep me informed of new products.

Jose

There’s nothing out there for coaches quite like your book, (Developing Mentally Tough Soccer Players). If you are serious about training kids to play mentally tough, then this is THE resource you need. It’s like my mental toughness bible!

Dylan

I have downloaded your 14 Steps to Mental Toughness and have been listening to them with my son. I must say that it is having a very positive impact on both of us!! We live in the UK where this type of science is not well known, but now I am persuaded by it! I am so grateful that I discovered your work as my son is only 17 so has plenty of time to benefit.

Mohammed

This book is the reason I made my ODP team. It’s saved my game. It taught me how to leave my mistakes behind and how to play confidently. It’s an important part of my game bag. I won’t go to tournaments without it

Sarah H

Your new program has really helped both of my kids even though they are in different sports! My daughter used to get too nervous before she played and she told me how much more relaxed and focused she feels now and I can see it in her level of confidence and success on the field. My son had a long history of doing better in practice than competition, leaving him frustrated and us not knowing how to help him. What a difference I see in him now when he competes under pressure. Thanks so much — you’re a great teacher!

CR – Parent

Congratulations on your program, “14 Steps!” They are truly outstanding and thoroughly cover all the mental aspects of sports which are challenging to athletes and coaches. We are using them this year as part of our weekly training program and the kids love your stories and teachings!

Ken S.

I was listening to your “Parents” audio today on my drive and I have to say it opened my eyes! Especially the part where you talk about “good” and “bad” nervous. What a life skills gift to teach parents how to teach their kids how to roll with the “juice” that naturally comes up as you’re about to perform! The “Juice” is normal, it is what will fuel you. Don’t fear “The Juice” embrace it. Such a great audio! Thank you.

Wesley

This is a GREAT tool to use with any sport parents. I had the parents…listen to it in one of our meetings and I couldn’t believe the response. It opened their eyes. Doc, you have such a great way of presenting things. Your humor makes parents willing to listen to all the things they’ve been doing wrong and what they need to do to change without getting defensive. Bless you

Ray B

A real breakthrough book for athletes! … I was able to put the breakthrough therapy of `brainspotting’ to immediate use with my clients and the results were spectacular! … The authors wrote this book so that athletes could also benefit. … I recommend this not just for therapists who work with athletes, but for athletes themselves!

Amazon Reviewer

An eye opening approach to working with athletes. As a former athlete and current coach this book has opened my eyes to outside factors that can truly have a very debilitating effect on the performance of athletes. The challenges of sport require mind and body to be in sync and athletes may experience the ripples of underlying problems coming out in their play that may have no relation to sport, and may not have happened recently. The authors have found a new approach to understanding and treating the most unreachable athletes. I suggest this book for any counselor, coach, teacher, parent and or athlete that may be looking for answers as to “Why?”. It’s all relevant when it comes to life experiences and this book explains why sport is no exception.

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Dylan

I love Using Your Head to Play Championship Soccer. I saw myself on those pages and it opened my eyes! You’ve taught me how to keep my cool when things don’t go the way I want them to. I don’t get psyched out anymore and I can say I have never focused better under pressure!

Jaime D

This book (Playing Out of Your Mind) is the reason I made my ODP team. It’s saved my game. It taught me how to leave my mistakes behind and how to play confidently. It’s an important part of my game bag. I won’t go to tournaments without it.

Sarah H

Dr. G. Really Great Soccer audio program set! Have been listening to it with my son in the car on the way to/from practice. It is very well done and incredibly helpful to us!