In 2015, Chris Harwood and Camilla Knight, published an academic paper titled, Parenting in youth sport — a positioning paper on sport parents and parenting expertise. In this paper, Harwood and Knight proposed that there are six key core competencies that expert sport parents demonstrate in order to boost the chances of their children achieving their potential in youth sport; enjoying and consequently staying involved in sport and physical activity; and benefiting from sport’s potential to support positive development outcomes.  Parents support children in sport in various roles and ways. Harwood and Knight have outlined the following … Continue reading What makes an expert sports parent?