This week, be prepared to experience light bulb moment after light bulb moment. That’s how John and I felt while speaking with our guest, Gayelene Clews, renowned sports and performance psychologist, educator and author of the book, Wired to Play.  Gayelene is a former elite athlete herself — with a […]

You probably won’t believe this. The first women’s Rugby League match in Australia was played in Sydney, on Saturday, 17 September 1921. In September 2018, almost 100 years later, the first season of the NRLW —Australia’s national rugby league competition for female players — kicked off with four teams. Now, […]

Do your sports kids feel nervous, even anxious, before they play a game or line up to compete? What does this mean? Why does it happen? As sports parents, what can we do to help?  In this episode, we speak with Rory Darkins — a high-performance coach and positive psychology […]

This week on SportsParenthood, we go a bit rogue at the start of the episode, because we were still on a high after watching Top Gun: Maverick. please make a date with your local cinema and WATCH THIS MOVIE. Speaking of legendary Top Gun quotes, “I feel the need, the […]

What’s a sports parent to do when your child stops playing? How are we supposed to feel about it? What are we supposed to do? What role should we play? These are just some of the questions we’ve been asking ourselves in the last month or so since one of […]

This week on SportsParenthood, our guest David King, speaks honestly and openly about his early success as an athlete, his natural talent, and in his words, “being washed up” by the time he was just 15 years old.  He talks about his world imploding. Then, coming back to sport where […]

This week, you’ll hear from John Serhan, one of Australia’s most successful golf coaches who is currently head teaching professional at St Michael’s Golf Club in Sydney’s east, having previously won NSW PGA Coach of the Year.  Now, he coaches juniors right through to touring professionals. He knows all too […]