Sep 29, 2017 | Emotions, fathers, Sporting character, Uncategorised
Parents in sport. Are they a blessing or a hindrance? Yes, parents are needed to do all the running about and funding, but once the training and matches begin are parents just a pain? There are those extreme cases of parents fighting with officials which just feeds...
Jun 21, 2017 | Parent, Self-esteem, Sporting character
When you think of some of the most successful sportswomen and men of our generation, it does not take long to see that many have a driven parent. Such as the Williams sisters, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton. So is that what is needed to have successful children? To be...
Jun 15, 2017 | Parent, Parenting, Self-esteem, Sporting character, Uncategorised
In year 6, I was cut from the school football team. I was devastated. I cried. I couldn’t’ see the justice in it! Now on reflection, it was totally right. I was pretty rubbish at football and so it was a fair call. Here is a painful truth, which applies...
Jun 14, 2017 | Parenting, Sporting character
Mum and Dad are key to any sporting success a child might have. However, parents can also create the sporting nightmare known as the ‘prima donna’! A child with a good measure of sporting talent and skill, but without the character to access sporting...
