We have made a number of changes to reflect the fast moving world that we live in to ensure we are providing the best possible information and practical resources for our membership.
By being a member of WWPIS, parents, coaches and athletes can access all of the exclusive content including blogs, videos, podcasts, expert interviews, webinars and downloadable resources.
This includes the unique content in the Parent Zone, Coaches Corner and the Holistic Development Area.
The Parent Zone
The ‘Parent Zone’ is the ultimate resource for all sporting parents whether your child is involved at grassroots level or in an academy/pathway programme.
The articles section is written exclusively by the team here at WWPIS and covers a wide range of topics from ‘The car journey home’ to ‘Understanding how our children learn.’
There are regular guest blogs from leading practitioners from around the world as well as a video series, helping support parents further on their sports parenting journey.
The ‘Expert View’ series has been a real hit with parents joining us to ask experts for answers to all of their questions around a range of different topics.
‘Meet the Parents’ brings into your home some real life stories around sports parenting from parents going through the experience with their children. Stories include those in grassroots sport all the way up to those who are playing professionally.
‘Dad – it doesn’t help!’ brings an authentic look at life as a sporting parent with plenty of humour written for us by Australian author Mark Macguire, whose son currently plays in a Major League Baseball franchise.
Website Members’ Area – Holistic Development
The ‘Holistic Development’ area provides specialised information on a variety of topics from leading practitioners in their field, completing a 360 degree guide for parents to help provide the best levels of support for their sporting children.
This area is headed by Maimee Titmuss Morris (UK Sports Institute Performance Lifestyle Coach and well-being lead for the World Class Programme with British Gymnastics) and Jane Holden (UK Sports Institute Lifestyle coach and pathway well-being consultant / mental health instructor for TASS).
Website Members’ Area – Coaches Corner
In ‘Coaches Corner’ there are lots of supplementary resources for the book ‘Engage’ to support coaches with their parental engagement strategy.
Here are a few examples of topics that have been covered:
- What does an ideal parents’ meeting look like?
- Preparing the ground for crucial conversations
- Setting the tone and allowing parental engagement to thrive
- Creating a strategy for effective communication with your parents
- Is your organisation aligned to allow parental engagement to thrive?
- Are parents part of your team or do you leave them on the bench?
- Do you know your players’ parents?
- The playing time conundrum
CUSTOMISED PLATFORMS
The WWPIS website platform can be fully customised by sporting organisations and is already being used extensively across the world. This includes an area for organisations to add their own specific content for their sport and their membership.
This is allowing sports to resource entire communities ensuring maximum impact on the ground.
Individual membership is available for just £9.99 a year, less than £1 a month, with new content being added on a regular basis.
If you would like to become an individual member today then click here.
If you are interested in finding out more about customising the platform for your sporting organisation then please email workingwithparentsinsport@gmail.com
