Helping our children to understand that to realise their goals and attain success in their sport is the by-product of persistence and perspiration can be a difficult sell for sports parents in today’s world. Why does this appear to have become more of a problem in recent times? Quite simply because so many other things in their life can be provided instantly and provide immediate gratification. Technology has undoubtedly played a part in this allowing our children to shop at the hit of a button, order take-away food that can arrive at their doorstep and also at times of quiet and solitude send ..read more

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Over the last 16 months WWPIS have been working across the Scottish Hockey Programme delivering a range of sessions to staff and parents. Sessions have 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  Managing disappointment; avoiding de ..read more

In this episode Michelin starred chef and sports parent Tom Kitchin joins Gordon MacLelland to discuss high performance and sports parenting. Tom has lived experience as a parent going through the football academy journey and it was great to discuss how his own working life in high performance has influenced his ongoing approach with his four children. During the conversation they discuss amongst other things: The realities and complexities of being a sport parent Keeping as balanced as possible in our approach throughout the ups and downs of the journey The importance of parental role modell ..read more

Parents, we want to help you protect your children, teens and young adults from abuse.  We realise you may find discussing these topics with your children really awkward and not something that you want to even consider. Yet as awkward as these preventive conversations may be, they are a thousand times less uncomfortable and heartbreaking than any conversations you will need to have with your child if they experience abuse.  Our intention in sharing this information is to make discussing these topics with your children as easy as possible.   I am Dr. Amy Saltzman, a physicia ..read more

Working with Parents in Sport are delighted to announce a new partnership with British Shooting. The first stage of the partnership will see the launch of the ‘Sports Performance Parenting’ programme with sessions already in the diary for parents over the next couple of months. Throughout the next year there will be a series of workshops and webinars delivered across the shooting pathway programme as well as the development of further support as both parties work together to maximise the benefits of the partnership. CEO Gordon MacLelland said, ‘This is such an exciting partnership. We are look ..read more

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We all like being told that we’ve done well, we’re good at something or someone believes in us. It might make us feel confident and motivate us to keep improving. On the flip side, if someone tells us we’re not good enough or we’ve performed poorly at something, we may feel anxious, upset, and potentially even avoid that situation in the future. The way that we talk to ourselves can have this very same impact… and yet we can often be guilty of speaking to, or about ourselves, negatively and in ways we would never do to someone else. Self-talk is therefore an important psychological skill to ha ..read more

CEO Gordon MacLelland was delighted to join Rob Salmon of ‘The My Tennis Journey Podcast’ and Alex McGregor to discuss Sports Performance Parenting. As a tennis parent to three players, Rob knows the joy that the tennis journey can bring. He is also very aware of the challenges, the emotional rollercoaster and the tough times. This book has had a big impact on Rob and it was great to join him to share some of the things we have learnt working in this space. To listen to the full episode click here ..read more