A conversation with 'Andrew Guy' - Sports Parenting
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In this episode Andrew Guy and Gordon MacLelland discuss sports parenting, the ups and downs of the journey and Andrews shares his own experiences as a parent to his two sons including GB and Olympic swimmer James.
During the conversation they discuss amongst other things:
- The importance of protecting family time
- Life in lockdown and the cancellation of the Olympics
- Ensuring our children try a variety of sports at a younger age
- Preparing yourself for your role and the amount of support you will need to give
- Using the sporting journey to equip your children with a wide range of life skills
- A difficult three years (including plenty of tears) and how they got through it
- Being prepared to adjust your parental support at different stages of the journey
- The importance of support from the wider family network
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