Ground floor to gold medal: how to integrate psychology across an elite environment

How do you ensure every part of an elite environment, from a Premier League football team to an Olympic sport, has access to the psychological support it needs? There are so many factors to consider, from the type of performance and mental health help you offer to the funding available to procure expert practitioners, that it can seem like an impossible question to answer.

In this quick-read guide, I draw on insight from interviews with three experts, who have worked in roles ranging from performance director to sport psychologist, to try and give a sense of how to start ingraining psychological support throughout a club side or national team.