by Brett Caulfield | Dec 12, 2025 | Parent Corner
As a parent, you are one of the most significant influences on your child’s experience of sport — not just in terms of results, but in how they feel about themselves, their performance, and their future. The strategies below are designed to help you create the...
by Brett Caulfield | Dec 5, 2025 | Parent Corner
What Is Stress? Stress is a natural human response to challenging situations. When we perceive something as demanding or threatening — and feel we don’t have the resources to cope — stress is the result. For young competitive athletes, those demands can come...
by Brett Caulfield | Nov 21, 2025 | Parent Corner
If your child is competing at any level while also keeping up with school, they are navigating what researchers call a “dual career” — and it’s no small feat. Being a full-time student and a high-performance athlete simultaneously places enormous...
by Brett Caulfield | Nov 21, 2025 | Parent Corner
Helping your young athlete navigate comparison culture, online criticism, and the pressure to look perfect online Social media is woven into the fabric of your child’s life in a way that simply wasn’t true for previous generations. For young athletes...
by Brett Caulfield | Oct 24, 2025 | Parent Corner
It’s not a luxury — it’s the single most effective thing your child can do to recover, grow, and perform We pour enormous energy into training plans, coaching sessions, and competition preparation. But there’s one recovery tool that outperforms all...
by Brett Caulfield | Oct 17, 2025 | Parent Corner
Helping your child build an identity beyond sport — and why it matters more than you think If your child plays sport at any serious level, you’ve probably seen it: the way their whole mood shifts after a bad game, the anxiety before trials, the devastation of an...