For parents
Performance & wellbeing guidance
for parents of young athletes.
Parents want to help, but until now have received little guidance. We’re changing that with 60+ parent-specific topics to remove the guesswork.
No account needed to try one.
Sound familiar
Every one of these comes up.
In every sport, at every level. Whatever you’re dealing with right now,
there’s a course on it, written for you rather than for your child.
What you’ll be able to do
The parent library
Their talent and training
is not enough.
There’s way more to it. Nutrition, sleep, mindset and wellbeing are all essential if success and enjoyment are the goal, and these habits and attitudes are built at home. That’s where you come in.
Where to start
We’ve made starting easier.
Three ready-made pathways, each with ten of the most helpful topics for each
stage of your athlete’s journey, so you don’t have to choose where to start.
When they're starting out
Parent Essentials
Supporting them well, everyday nutrition, mindset basics, and what to do when they're disappointed or struggling. The groundwork.
- 01Being a supportive parent
- 02Back the dream, but protect their future
- 03Performance mindset: the basics
- 04Everyday nutrition for young athletes
- 05Performance pressure & nerves
- 06Managing disappointment
- 07Balancing sport & life
- 08Your athlete's mental health
- 09Introduction to safeguarding
- 10When your athlete's struggling
When it gets serious
Going Deeper
Avoiding the pushy trap, communication, sleep, fuelling for training, confidence without pressure, and the impact on siblings.
- 01Avoiding the pushy trap
- 02Sibling impacts
- 03Sleep basics for young athletes
- 04Goal-setting
- 05Communication makes the difference
- 06Fuelling for training
- 07Different progression rates
- 08If your child plays multiple sports
- 09Confidence & motivation without pressure
- 10Self-esteem & how they see themselves
When they want to go all in
The Next Level
Burnout, perfectionism, under-fuelling, injury, clean sport, the financial side, and what happens after school sport ends.
- 01Financial considerations
- 02As your athlete gets older
- 03Burnout, overload & losing the fun
- 04Perfectionism & the inner critic
- 05Under-fuelling: the dangers
- 06Stress, anxiety & sporting pressure
- 07Managing success
- 08Clean sport: the basics
- 09Managing injury
- 10Next steps after school
As parents of sporty children, we all have questions, experiences and concerns, and having a safe space where we can learn is fantastic. The Athlete Place is a much-needed resource which will support many of us now and in the future.Melanie AnningMum of Great Britain sprinter Amber Anning
Sign up
Helping you help your athlete.
For less than the cost of one coffee a week.
£120 a year, billed annually.
Parent platform access. Cancel any time before it renews.
What you get · parent platform
- ✓All courses
- ✓All pathways
- ✓Elite athlete interviews
- ✓Printable resources
- ✓iOS and Android app
- ✓Anything we add, you get
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And for them
The head start you can give them.
You can change what is in the fridge and how you talk in the car. The rest of it, the sleep, the nerves, the confidence, has to come from them. They have their own platform for that.
Everything they need, in one place.
The guidance elite athletes wish they had during their school years, built with specialists who work with young athletes every day. Eleven subject areas, 80+ bitesize topics.
- ✓Six ready-made pathways, so they know where to start
- ✓Elite athlete interviews, so the message actually lands
- ✓Safe and trustworthy by design, reviewed by accredited specialists
- ✓iOS and Android app included
Billed separately. Both links open in a new tab, so you won’t lose your place.
