Top Tip Tuesday

Is there anything more frustrating than when you know that what you’re telling your child is right but they just won’t listen…

But then they agree when someone else tells them EXACTLY the same thing

You can use this to your advantage.

There’re countless examples of parents talking to us so we can then talk to their children about certain things.

Maybe they’re having a crisis of confidence.

Perhaps they’ve had a hard time at school.

They could be having problems at their team.

No matter how many times they hear ‘everything will be alright’ from Mum & Dad, it can sometimes take them to hear it from someone else before it sinks in.

One of the funniest ones I can remember was a Foot-Tech dad who brought his lad for 121 sessions.

This Dad is someone we know well – a very good ex-footballer, current PE teacher and knows his stuff about how children learn.

No matter what he told his boy about how to shoot, he just wouldn’t listen.

I went through exactly the same techniques and all of a sudden, he started nodding his head in agreement…with his Dad looking at him with the ‘I told you so’ face

It’s crazy but it is how it is with our children sometimes.

So, if your child is struggling with something or is lacking some self-belief, use some of the other grown-ups in their lives to help you (teachers, coaches etc).