One of the big issues facing youth sport around the world at the moment is that parents like to see their children …
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Creating a positive environment
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What are you looking for in a good coach?
If you are new into sport or you are thinking of signing your child up for a sporting activity it is important …
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Welcome to ‘Sporting Anonymous’.
Meet the group who have volunteered themselves into rehab and have formed a sporting parent version of group therapy. This excellent video …
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Creating a positive environmentInfographicsTaking the Knocks
How to help children deal with failure?
During any sporting career at any level and in any sport there will hopefully be many high points that can be enjoyed …
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Creating a positive environmentPsychologyResearchResearch Papers
Educating and supporting tennis parents: an action research study
This study examined the effectiveness of an evidence-based sport parent education programme designed to meet the stage-specific needs of British tennis parents. …
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Let the children play! This video from Hockey Canada is great fun but still gets across a pertinent message to parents about …
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Coaches perspectiveCreating a positive environmentInfographicsLevel of InvolvementParents perspectiveRelationship with Coach
Should you coach your own child?
There have been many debates about this over the years and without a doubt the number of volunteers in grassroots sport would …
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The problems of yelling instructions from the sideline
Caught up in the excitement and emotion of a game, many parents feel that they are really helping and supporting their children …
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Why does watching sport make adults behave like this?
If you only looked at the coaches and the spectators, it could be the World Cup Final.Ā The constant stream of instructions, …
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Creating a positive environmentEditor's PickMotivating childrenVideo
How do you help your kid succeed at something new, difficult and scary?
These two videos happen to speak to the same massive question at the heart of parenting: how do you help your kid …