Playing with friends or winning – which is most important to the children?
As adults it is only human for us to want our children to win when it comes to their sports matches. Perhaps…
WWPIS are pleased to announce the continuation and expansion of our work across the women’s and girl’s game for 2026-2027. Following the…
As adults it is only human for us to want our children to win when it comes to their sports matches. Perhaps…
As parents we undoubtedly have a huge influence on many of the character traits that our children possess. This is created either…
Sports parenting faces the same issues around the world and the same topics continue to crop up in our discussions with clubs,…
As an organisation we are asked many times to help support and promote the Silent Weekend, the Silent Sunday or indeed the…
In this short podcast Gordon Maclelland(WWPIS), John O’Sullivan(CTG Project), Trevor Ragan(Train Ugly), Dr Jen Fraser(Teaching Bullies) and Michael Matricciani(Aus College of Sport)…
The needs and motivation of young children involved in sport compared to that of adults can often be very different. We have…
Failure can often be a tough thing to take for children and for sporting parents. However, we need to understand that failure…
We have looked at what makes an effective coach, what makes a good coaching session and are now going to look at…
I got an email from a distraught parent the other day. She described a scene where the coach was screaming at the…
Parent-centred coaching is part of the child-centred approach Child-centred learning puts the young player first when you are building your coaching plan.…



























