Episode 17: The Parent on the Sideline

The child glances at the sideline for a fraction of a second. In that moment, she is no longer playing tennis — she is reading her parent. Long explores what parents carry when they watch their children compete, why managing behaviour is not the same as genuine calm, and what a coach can actually do about it. A quiet episode about love, presence, and the invisible scoreboard that parents write with every match they attend.