"Why isn't there a half time team talk for parents?" - a conversation (and an exciting

Richard Shorter (AKA Non Perfect Dad) is back to help me celebrate 'Parents In Sport Week'.

I am also extremely excited to announce that Richard and I have created a new course called 'Conversations 4 Growth' which is designed to support parents to navigate the complexity of supporting and guiding young people through their sporting journey.

The course comprises of a series of conversations between Richard and myself exploring a challenging discussion topic facing parents interacting with sporting young people. It features...

• Eleven-full length, in-depth videos of crucial conversations

• Tried-and-tested advice that understands that every family, every situation is different

• Forums to share and learn from other parents

• 132 ways to find better solutions for your parenting struggles

• Bonus video covering how to get the most from the conversation videos

Here is a sneak preview of the course just to give you a sense of what we cover...

Talent Equation subscribers can get an exclusive discount for the course by clicking the link below...

https://non-perfectdad.co.uk/talentequation/

In this podcast episode we cover a LOT of ground...

• A sneak preview into some of the course content...

• Why most parent engagement is the equivalent of 'cones and drills' or 'beige food at parties'

• Actionable steps to create a more inclusive and engaging environment for parental engagement

• The 'Iceberg approach' to tackling challenging parental behaviours

• Using Professor Jeff French's behaviour change framework to support parental engagement - how to use a 'firm nudge'

Hope you enjoy

"The resilient mind imagines hardship and prepares" - A conversation with Mark Bennett, Jo

This week's podcast is another experiment in sound recording. I am travelling in my car, Mark has just come out of the gym, Juan is in his office at school and John has just got back from taking the children to school. But we still managed to record a conversation!!

You join us as we are planning our forthcoming conference 'The Future of Coaching' as we finalise how we are going to be delivering the sessions and running the conference as well as discussing some of the themes that we will be covering.

We then delve into a couple of hot topics that are facing many of the coaches that we work with and explore some of the ways in which we can address them.

It is a great conversation and has really whetted my appetite for the discussions to come in the New Year!!

Tickets can be booked for the event through the link here.

Enjoy the podcast

Tackling a global inactivity pandemic with FUN!! - A conversation with Dr Amanda Visek

Dr Amanda Visek is a researcher from George Washington University in the U.S as well as being an active sports coach and someone who is passionate about the role that sport can play to improve children's lives. Her research provides a fascinating look into what makes sport fun for children and the results will surprise you.

In this super interesting conversation we delve into the way that she gathered the information and then used 'concept mapping' techniques to provide a visual reference as to the key elements of fun for children. She then shares some of her latest unpublished research that compares how parents and coaches rank certain elements and how this is not necessarily aligned to the way children rank things!!

The research can be found here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201634/

A presentation on the fun maps with visuals can be found here https://appliedsportpsych.org/site/assets/files/14874/visek.pdf

I hope you enjoy the conversation