Parents play a crucial role in ensuring their child stays clean in sport. Research shows that parental support influences athletes’ commitment to clean sport values. Since athletes face many challenges, parents can help them handle setbacks and external pressures.
Under Anti-Doping Rules, athletes are responsible for any prohibited substances in their system, even unintentionally. Parents must also follow regulations, such as avoiding giving supplements containing banned substances or interfering with anti-doping procedures.
To better understand these responsibilities and how to support clean sport, we are working with UKAD to provide an online Clean Sport session for parents and coaches.