Sports parents - how are you finding the journey? Rewarding? Stressful? Exciting? Anxiety inducing? Relationship enhancing? Expensive financially? Expensive emotionally? Any of those? All of those!

Either way, I honestly believe that today’s episode will help you. Help you with the approach you take as a sports parent!

Today’s guest is Garry Linton, Garry is US based and is a leading voice in parenting and youth sports. He publishes Instagram posts which are ace under takeflightcoach . Posts you’ll learn from and want to share with those you care about.

Garry’s sport is basketball but as you’ll hear his guidance is relevant to all sports.

In this podcast, we’ll work through some of Garry’s amazing Instagram posts and go deep on the messages he conveys. The original posts are amazing - the additional insight Garry gives in this episode even more so.

I wish I’d known about Garry’s posts and his approach when I was starting out on the sports parenting journey - if you like what you hear today how about sharing this episode and Garry’s Instagram account with any sports parents you know who it might help! I think you’ll be doing them a favour…

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Make no mistake, County Tennis needs your support in 2026! I’ll explain why…

In Q4 2025, the LTA decided to make the 2025 Adult Winter County Cup the last ever staging of the event - a decision made by the LTA and one of their sub-committees without a meaningful consultation - and in 2026 they will launch a review into county competitions - it is like to include Junior County Cups and Summer County Week.

The power of County Tennis to bring communities together, initiate life long friendships and play a major role in the game development of players should never be under estimated.

So if you are passionate about County Tennis please take a listen to this podcast episode for my take on what has happened, what is likely to come next and how you can help!

And to kickstart showing your support for County Tennis, please join the Friends of County Cup and County Week Facebook group - together we are stronger. Here’s to 2026 — a year where County competitions are shaped with the community, not for it.

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When you think of the voice of tennis who do you think of? There are some great commentators / co-commentators out there from David Law to Annabel Croft but for me personally there is only one answer. I think of Russell Fuller.

When it comes to experiencing big tennis events and immersing myself in to them - my go to is not the TV it is most definitely the radio.

Russell Fuller is the BBC Tennis Correspondent and many of you will know his commentaries from Wimbledon and the other big tournaments.

Tennis Journeys take all sorts of different pathways. All sorts of different destinations. They can’t all lead to Wimbledon glory. But so many to lead to incredible adventures. Russell’s journey to BBC Tennis Correspondent is a compelling one and I hope you’ll enjoy hearing about it as much as I did…

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