Parenting elite sporting youngsters. With mother Gillian Doig of Connor Doig.

This is the second in the series where we focus on the role the parent plays in supporting their Today I chat to Gillian Doig, who is Mother to the Connor Doig. Connor is 17 years old tennis player and is in his final year St. Stithians College in Johannesburg. Connor’s has a Junior ITF Ranking: 592 Junior U18 SA Ranking: 2 Men’s SA Ranking: 10 His short-term goal is to obtain a good scholarship at a College in the USA and complete a business degree whilst playing tennis for the next 4 years. He says his family is very important to him – his dad, Bradley, is an international businessman, his mom, Gillian, is a sports coach/teacher and has managed the South African Women’s Hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics; and his sisteeJaimie is studying a business degree at the University of Exeter, UK. Topics include: Managing pressure, stress injury, managing anti-doping, and much more. Go to YouTube channel #Beet it with Jo for video recording.