Double Olympic Champion, Helen Glover MBE, was an athlete that I had the pleasure of working with on her journey to the top of the ultimate podium (twice!). She...
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13Mar
Avoiding Injury – How Can Parents Help?
One of the issues that we tackle in HPP parents workshops is how to support your child to avoid illness and injury. We look at various tools and strategies...
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14Feb
More Than Just An Athlete
At High Performance Parenting, we make a point of working with athletes whenever we can. I used to work as a rowing coach and I remain in contact with...
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01Nov
Healthy Gut, Healthy Athlete
Parents who attend my workshops are often keen for advice on nutrition. I do cover a nutrition module within my standard workshop, but it is very difficult to be...
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17Oct
Is your child proud of your full on support… or embarrassed?
At one of our recent multi-sport workshops, parents got into a discussion about parental behaviour at competition. One of the parents was a football coach for a team of...
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13Feb
Anyone can do anything… Really?
In our current Millennial culture of ‘having it all’, I often think that young people are getting the wrong message and it only leads to disappointment and feelings of...
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16Nov
Planning for Life After Sport
Recently, I was lucky enough to be involved in a networking event hosted by Switch the Play. The hot topic up for discussion was how to make the transition...
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27Sep
Getting the Whole Family Involved
As many of you know, as well as being passionate about young people doing sport, I am particularly passionate about girls enjoying sport. I have been involved with an...
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07Aug
Rio 2016 – Supporting our Sport by looking outward
The photo of billowing flags shows exactly why racing was cancelled for the day here at the Lagoa Stadium in Ipanema, it was blowing a hooley and if you...
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30May
Paralympics – 100 Days to Go
Firstly, thanks to everyone who we spoke to over this weekend at National Schools Regatta. It was a wonderful weekend of great weather and fantastic racing. Well done to...
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