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    • Editor's Pick

      Nobody Gave Me a Manual

      Gordon MacLelland 31st October 2026
    • WWPIS Partners with England Athletics to Support the Parents Behind the Next Generation of Athletes

      Gordon MacLelland 25th October 2026
    • Expanding work in the women’s and girls’ game in 2026-27

      Gordon MacLelland 10th September 2026
    • Editor's Pick

      New York Red Bulls Academy Partnership

      Gordon MacLelland 27th August 2026
    • WWPIS and Cincinnati United Expand Landmark Partnership for 2026-27 Season

      Gordon MacLelland 4th August 2026
    • Official Launch of Sports Performance Parenting 2.0

      Gordon MacLelland 30th July 2026

Editor's Pick

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…

WWPIS Partners with England Athletics to Support the Parents Behind the Next Generation of Athletes

25th October 2026

Expanding work in the women’s and girls’ game in 2026-27

10th September 2026

New York Red Bulls Academy Partnership

27th August 2026

WWPIS and Cincinnati United Expand Landmark Partnership for 2026-27 Season

4th August 2026

Latest Posts

  • BlogsLevel of InvolvementLong term athletic developmentParents perspective

    The often unseen ‘Olympic Village’

    by Gordon MacLelland 13th August 2021

    The Olympic games in Tokyo in 2020 gave us everything. There was something captivating about these games, perhaps more so considering what…

  • BlogsCreating a positive environmentMotivating childrenVideo

    Parenting a perfectionist athlete

    by Sarah Mallinson-Howard 30th July 2021

    When it comes to parenting young athletes, many strategies have been shown to help improve their engagement and experiences. However, not all…

  • Creating a positive environmentLevel of InvolvementMindsetPsychology

    Perform Beyond Pressure – A Parent’s Guide

    by Rich Hudson 30th June 2021

    In December 2020, my second book was published, titled Perform Beyond Pressure. It aims is to clarify and simplify the process of…

  • Creating a positive environmentKeeping it in perspectiveLevel of InvolvementTaking the Knocks

    RELEASED – ‘Managing the aftermath as a parent’

    by Gordon MacLelland 16th May 2021

    I guess it was inevitable that at some point on the football academy journey that my son would be released. The odds…

  • Coaches perspectiveCreating a positive environmentParents perspectiveRelationship with CoachVideo

    For the Good of the Game Podcast – Heath Eslinger and Gordon MacLelland

    by Gordon MacLelland 15th April 2021

    Gordon MacLelland was delighted to join John Davis and Heath Eslinger on the ‘For the Good of the Game Podcast’ to discuss…

  • BlogsCreating a positive environment

    ‘The Best’ – How elite athletes are made

    by Tim Wigmore 13th February 2021

    Parents of would-be future sports stars can be overwhelmed with advice, often contradictory. Taken from our new book ‘The Best: How Elite Athletes…

  • Creating a positive environmentMotivating childrenVideo

    Your children will be watching you……. I promise!

    by Gordon MacLelland 22nd December 2020

    One of the best videos we have come across over the last couple of years to demonstrate the importance of our behaviours…

  • BlogsCreating a positive environmentLong term athletic development

    10 things that require zero talent – are you sure about that?

    by Gordon MacLelland 11th November 2020

    At a variety of points over the last few years this post continues to do the rounds on social media, used by…

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    More the connectivity, less the affection

    by Stuart Wilkinson 31st July 2020

    I cannot find a way or justify talking about parents in a sporting academy without discussing how they are part of dynamic…

  • Blogs

    How to make the most of coaching your own children

    by Gordon MacLelland 13th July 2020

    A large number of parents end up as their child’s sports coach at some point, some by choice, some simply falling into…

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