The Sports Parenting Journey – A conversation with Denise Lewis OBE

In this episode Denise Lewis and Gordon MacLelland discuss the sports parenting journey based on their own
personal experiences.  They share what they have learnt so far, acknowledging how difficult the role is and
provide some golden advice for all sports parents.

During the conversation they discuss amongst other things:

• Not overloading our children with too much information
• Creating an environment for our children to be comfortable with failure so that they feel safe
  to learn from their mistakes
• Allowing our children to express their emotions and feelings
• Managing the pre and post-match car journey
• The importance of multi-sport participation and ensuring the experience is fun
• Giving ownership of the sporting journey to your child 

Additional Reading

Are we all delusional to some extent when it comes to our children’s sport?

Part I: Skilful Questioning – What, Where and When for sporting parents