Dec 22, 2017 | coaches, Sporting character
I know you’ve been thinking about your coaching in 2018, all good coaches think about what’s coming up. Have you thought about parents? You’d not be on your own if you haven’t and yet parents are the biggest influence on your player’s...
Dec 14, 2017 | Parent, Parenting, Sporting character
(This appeared as the “rant’ in the October 2017 issues of Rugby World. “Did you score?” is the question I have to use all my self-control not to ask when I miss one of my son’s rugby games. Who doesn’t get great pleasure from...
Dec 4, 2017 | Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents
What could an elite sports training camp teach parents? I had the privilege to lead the parents meeting at the October England Under 17/18 Rugby Development Camp. What I learnt in those 24 hours left me questioning everything as a parent and professional! These are...
Nov 27, 2017 | Emotions, Parent, Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents
You plan a parents event to inspire and change behaviour from the unwelcome to helpful, only the parents you really want to attend, don’t show up! You are desperate for Mr Angry, Miss Shoutstoomuch and Mrs Pushy to attend because you can see the impact their...
Nov 14, 2017 | clickers, Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents, Uncategorised
This is a simplified outline of a one-hour session. My aim when leading these sessions is to make them fun, accessible and impacting. It’s taken 20 years experience in delivering parenting sessions to learn how to respond, read the room and help draw parents out into...
Oct 27, 2017 | clickers, Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents
How do you find you best learn and grow? When you think someone is being hard and harsh on you or when you are invited to have fun? Sporting parents are often moaned about, some of that moaning is well-meaning because it’s founded on a truth that sometimes...
