'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.

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'A conversation with Elliott Newell' - Supporting the development of mental skills for our young athletes to thrive is an episode from Parents in Sport Podcast by Gordon Maclelland.

This episode is 53:20 long.

This episode was published on Aug 4, 2025.

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