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 30, 2017 | Uncategorised
In mid October 2017 I have the privilege to deliver a short talk to a group of rugby coaches on a development day on how best to work with parents. My handouts for this talk are below. Brett Richmond, Head of Rugby at Bedford Modern School and the organiser of the day...
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 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...
