Learning To Think Differently “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi As Mahatma Gandhi once s…
HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS AND ACHIEVE BALANCE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How to Cultivate Equanimity in Your Life Stress is always hard to deal with. Now, in these uncertain and unprecedented circumstances in the midst of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with str…
VIRUS PROTECTION FOR YOUR MIND DURING CORONAVIRUS COVID-19
Jim Madrid on Dealing With The Coronavirus COVID-19’s Impact On Our Lives What do we really need to protect ourselves from this nasty COV-19 virus? Besides all the handwashing and disinfecting, …
EVEN WITH COVID-19: CHANGE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
A Letter From Jim Madrid: Take Change By the Hand In the midst of all the game-changing cancellations and massive disruptions in soccer caused by COVID 19, ultimately how we handle all these inte…
BEING A BETTER SOCCER PLAYER: MAKING YOUR GOALS REAL
High-Performance Practice: The Impact of Affirmations in Developing Resiliency Being a Better Soccer Player: High-Performance Practice is a new series from Jim Madrid. Whether you are sidelined as a s…
BEING A BETTER SOCCER PLAYER: TOP TEN TRAITS OF RESILIENT PLAYERS
High-Performance Practice: The All-Important Traits of Resiliency Being a Better Soccer Player: High-Performance Practice is a new series from Jim Madrid. Cognitive Dissonance is the state of having i…
DO PARTICIPATION TROPHIES HURT SELF ESTEEM?
Jim Madrid: To raise children with strong self esteem is not to give them trophies for merely “showing up” as this can be detrimental to their self-esteem.…
CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS AND YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR PERFORMANCE
It Is Only a Matter of Thinking Differently I teach people how to change and improve the way they think. To help people, teams, organizations to get past those mental barriers that hold us back from w…
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOCCER
Measuring Success On the Pitch With Jim Madrid OP-ED editorial by Jim Madrid Founder and CEO of AST (Advance Sports Technology, Inc.), Jim Madrid has become one of the most highly respected educators …
WHICH ARE YOU? GOOD OR BAD SOCCER COACH
Good Youth Soccer Coach or Bad Youth Soccer Coach on SoccerToday – Jim Madrid, founder and CEO of Advance Sports Technology, shares an exercise used in coaching workshops called Good Coach-Bad C…