The Transition into Elite Sport: Strategies for Supporting Athlete Mental Health Webinar

The Transition into Elite Sport: Strategies for Supporting Athlete Mental Health Webinar is organized by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and will be held on Aug 11, 2025.

Description:
This webinar presents recent research on the mental, social, and emotional challenges faced by young athletes entering elite-level sport.

It will outline key risk factors for mental ill-health during this transition and introduce a framework for supporting athlete wellbeing, grounded in holistic and developmental perspectives. Preventative strategies will be discussed to help coaches, support staff, and organisations create environments that promote mental health and enable young athletes to thrive throughout their sporting careers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Factors that make athletes vulnerable to mental ill-health during the transition into elite sport
• Key stressors commonly experienced by athletes during this career phase
• An overview of a framework for considering athlete mental health during the transition into elite sport
• Practical application - examples of strategies for supporting athlete mental health during the transition into elite sport, based on the outlined framework