Enhancing parental involvement in youth sport – recommendations for coaches
Parents play a vital role in youth sport. This guidance aims to help coaches understand, support and educate parents, thereby enhancing parental involvement.
Improving parent–coach relationships – strategies for coaches
This guidance provides coaches with helpful strategies to follow to improve and manage potential issues between coaches and parents and build a good relationship.
Negotiating the post-game conversation
Competitions can be emotional for children, parents and coaches, so ensuring that feedback is well-timed and delivered appropriately is very important.
Optimising parental involvement in sport
Useful guidance for parents that provides tips for how to support and encourage their child/children positively when participating in sport.
Adult-child physical contact in sport
Dr Melanie Lang (Edge Hill University) has produced a video presentation for sports coach UK on challenging coach anxiety of adult-child touch in sport through a children's rights approach.
Reporting of safeguarding concerns at sports events
These reporting-procedure flowcharts offer guidance to organisations hosting sporting events at 5 different levels, from local to international.
Child development report: Safeguarding children within sport and leisure facilities
The CPSU commissioned a report in February 2015, 'Summary of child development ages 8-11 years for the purposes of safeguarding children in sport and leisure facilities' from Dr Vicky Lovett from Swansea University.
Sample accessible player registration form
Sample form for sports organisations. A good-practice example developed by the Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Serivce, Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust.
Involving young people in mixed-aged sport or activity
This briefing recommends best safeguarding practice for sports organisations that involve participants from mixed age groups.
Safeguarding Youth Sport – booklet
This booklet marks the end of the European project Safeguarding Youth Sport (SYS), managed by the International Centre for Ethics in Sport in close collaboration with 10 partners from 8 EU member states.