Youth sport environments never sit still, and over the last few years we’ve watched plenty of changes up close, most of them…
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Steel Sports Partnership
by Gordon MacLelland 5th June 2025Working with Parents in Sport are excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership with ‘Steel Sports.’ Steel Sports is a social impact organisation committed…
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Medications in Sport – What parents need to know?
by Henry McKinner 24th July 2024You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us
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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
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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A mixed methods exploration of the parent perspective of talent development environments across a national multi-sport landscape
by Gordon MacLelland 27th July 2023Parents are known to be important influencers in the talent development process but are often overlooked. Understanding the parent perspective may help…
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Parental Stressors in Sports Influenced by Attributes of Parents and Their Children
by Gordon MacLelland 9th May 2023Although parental behaviour is known to be an important source of influence, relatively few studies have examined the factors possibly contributing parental…
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BlogsCreating a positive environment
Is early sporting privilege creating a false sense of entitlement?
by Gordon MacLelland 13th February 2023Is there anything less attractive than a young person who believes they’re “entitled” or a parent who unintentionally fuels that belief in…
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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…
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