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Getting Through Corona

I haven't written a blog for ages, mostly because I was picking up a vibe that people didn't have time to read blogs. I was, therefore...

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Encourage Your Girls

As well as my High Performance Parenting work, I also do some consultancy facilitation work. Last week I was lucky enough to be involved...

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Exam Disappointment

It's fair to say that this time of year, is a time when many young people (and their parents) may have to deal with disappointment, as...

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Contact During Competition

For stalwarts of the rowing community, this time of year is very exciting as it's Henley Royal Regatta. For the first time my nephew is...

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Surviving the Christmas Break

Parenting a teenager is a tall order at the best of times, but parenting a teenage athlete can add a whole other dimension! Here are a...

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Winning Too Often?

It sounds like an oxymoron, but could your young athlete be winning too often? Winning is obviously good, who doesn't want to feel like a...

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Back to School, Back to Training

For some of the poor souls whose sporting endeavours are nothing to do with school, they may not have had a break in their training...

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Avoiding Trumpism

I don't know about you, but I have been glued to the US Presidential Election. And even now that the result has been called I am still...

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A Cautionary Tale

As a child I played lots of different sports. Netball and rounders, (discovering very quickly that ball sports were not my forte)...

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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...

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Avoiding Injury

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...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - Home at Last

So I've finally recovered from a fairly unpleasant night flight back from Rio. My middle seat and my grumbly pro-lapsed L4/L5 disc...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - Rollercoaster of Emotions

I also want to share a small piece of advice that worked quite well for me whilst spectating in Rio. On the first night that we were...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - Taking Stock

Apologies for the recent radio silence, it's been a crazy couple of days. You will all have seen the amazing action from the Lagoa...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - Olympians for Life

Today at Lagoa Stadium, the tension went up another level as some crews got to the semi-final stage of their event. Our two heavyweight...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - Looking Outward, Not Inward

The video 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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Rio 2016 Olympics - Learning from the Experts

So today is the first day of the Olympic Regatta. We have already experienced so many amazing things, it's hard to know what to focus on...

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Rio 2016 Olympics - We are on the Plane

As many of you will already know, we are heading out to Rio to watch Jack Beaumont, my stepson, race in the Men's Quad at the Rio Olympic...

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