BlogsCreating a positive environmentDrop outMotivating children
Your child does not want to play! What do you do?
I could not believe what I saw, my own child buzzing the day before after an amazing training session and less than…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentKeeping it in perspectiveLevel of Involvement
Shall I shout anything?
by Gordon MacLelland 13th July 2018The noise from the whistle by the official signals the start of the game, with young players eager to impress both sides…
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How important is the role of a captain in children’s sport and do coaches take the opportunity to help develop some of…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentMotivating children
The problem with making excuses for our sporting children!
by Gordon MacLelland 28th June 2018Have you ever made an excuse for your child? Could you have made an excuse for them when they have behaved badly,…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentGrowth MindsetKeeping it in perspectiveMotivating children
Putting competition, development and winning in its rightful place!
by Gordon MacLelland 25th June 2018I need to make one thing perfectly clear here as I do at all of our presentations to clubs, coaches and parents…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentFuelling your child's egoKeeping it in perspective
Elite junior athletes – do they really exist?
by Gordon MacLelland 15th June 2018“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” (Steve Jobs) There are many myths, fables and legends in…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentFinding the right sport and coachingLong term athletic development
Should your child play up an age group?
by Gordon MacLelland 8th June 2018This is one of the most common questions we get asked here at WWPIS, with the vast majority of parents concerned that…
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Loris Karius – The one thing all parents and coaches should know
by Gordon MacLelland 1st June 2018The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final will be remembered for two things. Gareth Bale’s amazing, instinctive overhead kick, and the mistakes by…
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Dad! We are all told! – The who pushes who conversation….
by Gordon MacLelland 31st May 2018“We are all told at some point in time, Billy, that we can no longer play the children’s game, we just don’t…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentMotivating childrenThe Touchline
Dad! It doesn’t help!
by Gordon MacLelland 22nd May 2018During the baseball season a few years ago I asked my eleven-year-old son what do all the kids in the dugout think…
