Working with Parents in Sport are delighted to announce a new partnership with the British Mountaineering Council. The first stage of the…
Nobody Gave Me a Manual
by Gordon MacLelland
31st October 2026
Nobody Gave Me a Manual: the book we have been building for seven years. Pre-orders are now open for the first book…
Expanding work in the women’s and girls’ game in 2026-27
10th September 2026
New York Red Bulls Academy Partnership
27th August 2026
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Editor's Pick
New Programme in the Ulster Hockey Performance Pathway
by Gordon MacLelland 30th April 2024Working with Parents in Sport and Ulster Hockey have teamed up to deliver a leading programme of support to all parents within…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Encouraging persistence in a world of instant gratification
by Gordon MacLelland 10th April 2024Helping our children understand that reaching their goals in sport is the product of persistence and perspiration is a genuinely difficult sell…
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Creating a positive environment
Protecting your young athletes’ from grooming and abuse
by Amy Saltzman 26th March 2024Parents, we want to help you protect your children, teens and young adults from abuse. We realise you may find discussing these…
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Working with Parents in Sport are delighted to announce a new partnership with British Shooting. The first stage of the partnership will…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
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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BlogsIdentityTaking the Knocks
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…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
‘Tonight Matthew, I am going to be Chloe Kelly’ – the power of our children watching sport
by Gordon MacLelland 17th August 2023“Tonight, Matthew, I am going to be Chloe Kelly!” said my 11-year-old daughter, smashing through the sitting room door on her way…
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Creating a positive environmentEditor's Pick
Filming with British Gymnastics and South Essex Gymnastics Club
by Gordon MacLelland 1st August 2023Our partnership with British Gymnastics continues to grow and it is exciting to see the number of clubs across the UK that…