Do your children watch sport, or do they simply want to play it? Towards the end of the NRL season there was…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Are there things about “Modern Day Sports Parenting” that you think people will later regret?
by Gordon MacLelland 15th September 2025During some time spent working in the US this summer I was reading an article in the national press that said, ‘modern…
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Creating a Positive Parent Culture
by Gordon MacLelland 2nd July 2025Youth sport environments are always evolving and over the last few years we have witnessed first hand numerous changes, many for the…
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Mental Health Awareness Week has just passed and it has been another reminder to pause and reflect on how we’re really doing…
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Getting better requires being willing to have a go and get it wrong. Reposted with the kind permission of Paul Gamble of…
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BlogsKeeping it in perspective
Are we all delusional to some extent when it comes to our children’s sport?
by Gordon MacLelland 6th June 2024Are we all not delusional when it comes to our own children and their sporting capabilities? I am pretty sure we are,…
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Encouraging persistence in a world of instant gratification
by Gordon MacLelland 10th April 2024Helping our children to understand that to realise their goals and attain success in their sport is the by-product of persistence and…
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Positive self-talk: What is it and how do we encourage it as sports parents?
by Lydia Giles 14th March 2024We all like being told that we’ve done well, we’re good at something or someone believes in us. It might make us…
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How to win at transition when your child feels they have lost everything
by Stephanie Burge 3rd January 2024In May 2021, two days after celebrating her 22nd birthday with family and friends our daughter had returned to centralised GB training.…
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Refereeing your own child adds a different dynamic to the normal parent-child coaching relationship. Here are five ways to be a good…




























