#022 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Gordon MacLelland WWPIS & Darren Wensor Little Athletics NSW
Off the Pitch with Active
English - June 10, 2019 02:21 - 59 minutes - 37.6 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSports Education family juniors netball schoolsport clubsport coaching football futsal juniorsport learning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Gordon MacLelland set up ‘Working with Parents in Sport’ after 20 years as a teacher and as a coach for all age levels from 7-year olds to Adults. He has a BA/Hons degree in Sports Science from University College Chester and a PGCE from Lancaster University.
He is the author of two books, ‘Great Sports Parenting’ – A pocket guide for parents of children in sport and ‘Engage’ – A coaches guide to building positive relationships with parents.
His organisation currently works with 7 National Governing Bodies across a wide range of sports, clubs and schools of all sizes and the Little Athletics Franchise in NSW, Australia.
Darren Wensor, Head of Coach & Volunteer Development with Little Athletics NSW. Darren has twenty-five years of experience working full-time in sports development and coach education, and he is in his 30th year of coaching/teaching experience.
Darren has authored/contributed to numerous sports-related articles, books, journals, manuals, support resources and coach education course outlines. I regularly present at coach education courses and conferences and I have appeared as an on-camera presenter or coach on a number of instructional videos.
59:12 min episode Overview:
02:00 Introduction to Gordon MacLelland & Darren Wensor. Who are they?
04:35 A bit of history from Gordon & Darren
09:35 Discussing issues in youth sport highlighted in public media
15:30 What can we learn from kids?
Darren, “I ask the children what they enjoy and create top 10 fun factors which I incorporate into the coaching sessions.”
23:15 What are some of the approaches we can use when we speak to our children after a game? Gordon tells a great personal story.
25:40 Some “Golden Nuggets” from 2019 Go! Chase Excellence Think Tank to improve youth sport with Reed Maltbie and Ruth Nicholson.
37:20 What are some of the future challenges?
41:20 WWPIS growth in Europe and creation of culture
49:00 Wrapping up our conversation
Contact:
Gordon MacLelland
www.parentsinsport.co.uk
Twitter: @WWPIS
Facebook:@wwpis
Darren Wensor
www.lansw.com.au
www.coachingyoungathletes.com
Facebook: @Darren Wensor
Twitter: @DarrenWensor