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Who is protecting coaches from external aggression? - a conversation with John O'Sullivan

The Talent Equation Podcast

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The Problem With It Depends

"We can't use the bad parents, the small number, is an excuse not to engage with the good ones," he says. "It's a way to weaponize things like safe sport and get back at a coach personally for something that you, for some real or perceived slight of your child." In the UK, two-thirds of people are doing it entirely voluntarily - so how do you deal with this when someone's just doing it by giving their time? He adds: "I genuinely believe that coaching needs to professionalise... I don't mean professionalise as everyone needs to get paid"

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