Parents in Sport Podcast
This monthly podcast covers a wide range of topics helping to bring a greater understanding of the world of youth sport.
We have an amazing lineup of guests sharing their knowledge and personal experiences including world leading authors, olympians, professional athletes and coaches, sports parents, sports psychologists and industry experts.
From topics on sports parenting, effectively managing match-day and competition, developing resilience in young people, running effective parental engagement programmes and the good, the bad and ugly of football academies, there is something for everyone.
Parents in Sport Podcast
'A conversation with Elliott Newell' - Supporting the development of mental skills for our young athletes to thrive
In this episode sports psychologist Elliott Newell joins Gordon MacLelland to discuss how as sporting parents we can help support the development of mental skills for our young athletes to thrive.
During the conversation they discuss amongst other things:
- Personality flaws or just skill deficits?
- The importance of modelling emotional regulation during those tougher moments
- Imagery, breath work, mindfulness and journalling
- Helping our children meet the demands of their sport
- The importance of vulnerability and honesty in building trust and openness in parent-child relationships
- Using daily life and sport experiences as teachable moments for emotional and mental development
- Our goal in raising self-aware, emotionally skilled, and self-regulating individuals, not just successful athletes
Elliott is a sport psychologist and director of The Thrive Academy. He has worked in a wide range of Olympic and Paralympic sports as well as in Rugby and Football. Elliott specialises in environments and the way people interact. If you get the environment right, then you can have profound impact on the performance, development and well-being of people within it and this is the primary focus of Elliott's work.