Editorial policy

Rising Athletes Stories aims to make youth sport easier to understand and more rewarding to think about. We distinguish general explanation from personal experience, avoid presenting opinion as fact and do not offer professional medical, legal or other specialist advice.

Accuracy and care

We check factual statements against suitable information before publication and take care with claims about children, learning and sport. Where a point is uncertain or depends on context, we say so rather than making it sound settled. Our coverage is educational and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional.

Independence

Editorial decisions are made for the reader, not to promise favourable treatment to a contributor or partner. A commercial relationship does not determine our conclusions, and we do not accept payment in exchange for an undisclosed editorial endorsement.

Corrections

If you spot a factual error or unclear passage, please use the Contact page and identify the article and the issue. We review correction requests, update material when warranted and make the nature of a significant correction clear to readers.

Partner material and illustrations

Paid placements and other material created through a partnership are identified clearly where they appear, so readers can distinguish them from independent editorial work. Some illustrations may be generated with AI; these are illustrative, not documentary images, and are not presented as evidence of a real person or event.