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This season has seen us starting to work in the Leinster Rugby Performance Pathway following the success of our programmes in a number of English Premiership rugby clubs. Sessions will be delivered to both the girls and boys programmes to help support parents with their journey of being a sporting parent to a young person showing lots of potential. All parents and coaches in the performance programmes have been given access to a customised Leinster rugby platform which includes all of the exclusive WWPIS content featuring over 250 blogs, videos, podcasts and infographics. CEO WWPIS Gordon Mac ..read more

It has become a hot topic and rightly so! Understandably, concussion raises a number of concerns for those providing sport, particularly those who are working with children, and it’s always interesting hearing from coaches what they are most worried about. It has been clear to me that over the last couple of years awareness of the injury has rocketed (significant thanks have to go to the RFU and their Headcase campaign for that) but this year there has been one consistent theme that has been raised – the nervousness of coaching staff to make a “diagnosis”. “I’m not a doctor, how can I possibly ..read more

Working with Parents is privileged to work with a number of Great Britain Sporting Programmes with each sport providing a tailored programme of support. Work with British Gymnastics continues to expand with sessions being delivered extensively across the pathway programme for parents and coaches, the creation of a customised ‘Sports Performance Parenting’ book and the WWPIS services being used by many of the leading clubs across Great Britain. The British Sailing work is now into it’s second year. A customised WWPIS and British Sailing Platform is available to all coaches and parents involve ..read more

Working with Parents in Sport are delighted to announce a new partnership with the British Mountaineering Council. The first stage of the partnership will see a customised WWPIS and a BMC Platform being made available to all coaches and parents involved in the performance pathway to help support the journey of young climbers. Throughout the next year there will be a series of workshops and webinars delivered across the whole climbing community as well as the development of further support as both parties work together to maximise the benefits of the partnership. CEO Gordon MacLelland said, ‘T ..read more

In this episode Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Development Senior Lead Graham Turner joins Gordon MacLelland to discuss his latest book ‘The Young Athlete’s Perspective.’ This book features six stories told by young athletes about their talent development experiences in sport. Each young athlete tells a personal story. They describe their own individual set of circumstances and provide a personal perspective that has been shaped by living in contemporary times. These unique stories are shared in the hope that they may support coaches and parents to better connect with the young athlete ..read more

Working with Parents in Sport and Ulster Hockey have teamed up to deliver a leading programme of support to all parents within the Ulster Hockey Performance Pathway. The new programme will start this month, and it is hoped that this will be an annual programme for parents as they go through the pathway helping equip them to support their young people through the experience. During the different stages of the pathway parents will be given access to six virtual sessions covering a myriad of different topics. Performance Sports Parenting – Introduction ‘Parent Parent’ or ‘Sporting Parent’ – Stri ..read more

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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