Sessions have also been delivered to staff and coaches around ‘Creating Positive Parent Cultures’ and the building of positive relationships with players’ parents to enhance the experience for all involved.
For the parents we have delivered a series of workshops that have taken the parents on the sporting journey alongside their children throughout their time in the pathway.
- Performance sports parenting; an introduction
- Parent parent OR sport parent; striking the balance
- Managing disappointment; avoiding devastation
- What’s your lens?
- “Fast cars; poor brakes”; parenting the teenage brain
- Beyond the badge: identity and sport
As the programme has developed we have refined and tweaked elements to meet the specific needs of those involved in the environment and the virtual sessions have proved incredibly popular. With so many parents scattered around the country, there are logistical challenges to having everyone in the same place at the same time so the virtual world has provided a positive solution.
Every parent within the programme has also been given access to a customised Cricket Scotland and WWPIS portal providing ongoing support across a whole host of topic areas.
This building of positive relationships has certainly helped in generating momentum behind the programme whilst also creating safety for everyone to feel part of the support being made available to them.
CEO Gordon MacLelland said, ‘The programme continues to go from strength to strength and we are already looking forward to the sessions this coming season.’
Gordon Drummond (Head of Performance Pathway, Cricket Scotland) said,’The partnership with Gordon and WWPIS has been hugely valuable to the support offered in the Cricket Scotland Pathway. Feedback from the parents and coaches who have attended the workshops has been excellent. The content has allowed both groups to reflect on their current levels of support and behaviours, looking at ways in which we can all work together to help our young athletes enjoy their experience more.
We look forward to continuing to work together with WWPIS to provide quality support for all players, staff and families involved in the Cricket Scotland pathway programme.’
Their customised members area also includes a personalised ‘Great Sports Parenting’ presentation with audio for parents to access on an ongoing basis. It is not always easy to get all of the parents in the same place at the same time and this at least goes some way to helping support them all from the comfort of their own home.
This year will also see us head to Scotland to deliver our presentation to their coaches, ‘Engage – how to build positive relationships with sporting parents.’
Gordon Drummond(Cricket Scotland Performance Pathway Manager) said, ‘Cricket Scotland is excited about our new partnership with ‘Working with Parents in Sport.’ Parents are often overlooked in terms of the support they provide and impact they have on their child’s athletic progression. Because of this, Gordon MacLelland and his team have produced informative resources aimed at supporting parents who have athletes in our talent pathway. At Cricket Scotland, we believe it’s important to inform and support parents appropriately so they can work together with coaching staff to create the optimal learning environment and experience. The resources now available to Cricket Scotland will be provided to all parents in the talent pathways to enable this.”
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