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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Who should be your child’s biggest fan?
by Coach Reed Maltbie 16th May 2023“Coaches, there’s a parent bothering my assistant referee. I don’t care whose parent it is. Make them stop. If you fail to…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentFuelling your child's ego
Is your ‘Toxic Positivity’ creating more problems than simply being honest?
by Gordon MacLelland 24th April 2023‘Gordon – what do I say to my child when they have had a bad game or competition?’ ‘What you mean –…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Is early sporting privilege creating a false sense of entitlement?
by Gordon MacLelland 13th February 2023Is there anything more unattractive than a young person who believes that they are ‘entitled’ or indeed a parent who unintentionally fuels…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Sleep is your child’s number one recovery tool
by James Wilson 3rd November 2022Sleep, we all do it, but we don’t always understand how to support our children, particularly if they are competing in a…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
‘No game today kids – there is no referee’
by Dr Tom Webb 16th February 2022Since sport restarted following lockdowns and Covid-19 enforced restrictions to everyday life, the amount of abuse towards sports officials, such as referees…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentKeeping it in perspectiveLong term athletic development
Managing expectations whilst supporting the dream
by Gordon MacLelland 16th January 2022The statistics don’t lie and we all have a role to play. Having done some work recently with the WSL academy staff…
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BlogsCreating a positive environmentDevicesSmart phones/devices
Helping your sporting children manage the temptations of gambling and gaming
by Patrick Foster 8th October 2021Following the BBC documentary ‘Football, Gambling and Me’ and the story of Paul Merson, we felt so compelled to reach out to…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Help! My happiness is integrally linked to my son’s success
by Gavin Granville-Wood 10th September 2021“This is match number one On the Tee representing England, please welcome Joshua Grenville-Wood.” To many a throwaway announcement, but to me…
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BlogsLevel of InvolvementLong term athletic developmentParents perspective
The often unseen ‘Olympic Village’
by Gordon MacLelland 13th August 2021The Olympic games in Tokyo in 2020 gave us everything. There was something captivating about these games, perhaps more so considering what…