Sports Parenting an Olympic Swimmer – ‘A conversation with Andrew Guy’

In this episode Andrew Guy and Gordon MacLelland discuss sports parenting, the ups and downs of the journey and Andrews shares his own experiences as a parent to his two sons including GB and Olympic swimmer James.

During the conversation they discuss amongst other things:

• The importance of protecting family time
• Life in lockdown and the cancellation of the Olympics
• Ensuring our children try a variety of sports at a younger age
• Preparing yourself for your role and the amount of support you will need to give
• Using the sporting journey to equip your children with a wide range of life skills
• A difficult three years (including plenty of tears) and how they got through it
• Being prepared to adjust your parental support at different stages of the journey
• The importance of support from the wider family network