The Parents in Sport Podcast Resilience and mental skills
Breathwork for Junior Athletes – How Breathing Supports Performance and Wellbeing – A conversation with Jack McMillan
With Jack McMillan
Short link: parentsinsport.co.uk/ep/64
About this episode
In this episode Breathwork Specialist and Performance Coach Jack McMillan joins Gordon MacLelland to discuss breathing for junior athletes and how we can best support them as sporting parents.
During the conversation they discuss amongst other things:
- Breathing = Performance and Wellbeing
- Why breathing matters for young athletes
- The use of breathing in managing pressure and anxiety
- Bridging mental health and performance
- Control v Chaos in modern sport
- Top tips for parents and young athletes
- The transfer of breathing skills to improve performance beyond sport
Jack McMillan is the Founder of Optima Performance, the UK’s leading provider of breathing training for elite sport. Jack has worked with over 3,000 athletes across professional sport including Great Britain, WSL academies, the Premier league, and EFL. He specialises in teaching breathing science and stress resilience to junior athletes, coaches, and parents, helping young performers manage pressure, optimise recovery, and build lifelong self-regulation skills.
Links to FREE EBOOKS:
Breathing for Junior Athletes: https://www.optima-
Sleep for Athletes: https://www.optima-
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