Have you ever asked your children, ‘Why do you play sport?’ This is one of the questions we ask all parents to…
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Creating a positive environmentPodcasts - Parents in Sport
Parents in Sport Podcast – ‘A conversation with Richard Elliott’
by Gordon MacLelland 2nd March 2025In this episode Associate Dean at University Campus of Football Business(UCFB) and author Richard Elliott joins Gordon MacLelland to discuss ‘Supporting Mental…
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Understanding parents’ motives for, and beliefs about, enrolling three-to-five-year-old children into organised sporting programs
by Gordon MacLelland 17th May 2023The objectives of this study were to [1] understand the socially constructed motives, beliefs and attitudes that lead parents to encourage children…
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Creating a positive environment
Are you living vicariously through your sporting children?
by Gordon MacLelland 16th August 2022You may well have heard this phrase at your child’s sporting organisation or school, not generally from other parents but more likely…