Socially inclusive coaching
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Socially inclusive coaching
It is increasingly recognised that key social and cultural barriers influence women’s and girls’ participation in sport and physical activity. Aside from a lack of suitable opportunities overall, the following barriers can affect women and girls individually. This facthsheet provides guidance on considering these barriers.
Female physiology and considerations for coaching practice
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Female Physiology and considerations for coaching practice
All people are individuals and it is for you, the coach, to contextualise the following information to your own coaching environment. This factsheet is designed to provide an introduction to the physiology of female athletes and the impact this may have on sport performance.
The other factsheets in the series include:
Female psychology and considerations for coaching practice
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Female psychology and considerations for coaching practice
This factsheet aims to provide some of the evidence on differences in how men and women think to allow you to develop your coaching style and bring out that extra potential in the women you are coaching.
The other factsheets in the series include:
Developing female coaches
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Developing female coaches
This factsheet focuses on the reasons for the under-representation of women in coaching and steps governing bodies of sport, national agencies and women themselves can take to address this.
Coaching myth buster
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Coaching myth buster
If something is said enough times, it starts to become ‘fact’. When it comes to coaching female sport, much of these facts are often based on stereotypes. After all, every athlete and player we work with is an individual with their own traits and idiosyncrasies. Should we, as coaches, make assumptions based on the gender of the athlete we are working with?
However, some generalisations can be drawn upon by those working with female athletes to assist them in getting the best out of the individual and the relationship. This factsheet will address some of the common assumptions made about female athletes and consider whether they are based on fact or on hearsay.
Coaching female high performance athletes
Introduction
This factsheet is one of a series, produced by WSFF and sports coach UK aimed at coaches who coach women or who are interested in coaching them in the future. Each factsheet provides insight into the female athlete and her needs, and guidance as to how better to coach and support her.
Coaching female high performance athletes
There is evidence to suggest coaching is still delivered in a way that assumes gender neutrality; ie female and male participants being coached as though their needs are the same. However, very little research exists that describes the female athlete experience and examines whether her needs really are the same as those of a male athlete.
To better understand the female experience, in early 2010, WSFF and sports coach UK spoke with a number of female athletes about their current coaching experiences and what they wanted from a coach. From these discussions, we have highlighted the elements that constitute good coaching experiences and the attributes of a great coach.
The other factsheets in the series include:
Improving women's health
WSFF is often asked ‘what are the health benefits of girls and women taking part sport and exercise?’ And we say – there are so many! This NEW factsheet highlights the considerable research that has been carried out which demonstrates the benefits of exercise on physical, mental and social health and the benefits to women and girls. (May 25th 2010).
Young women and girls' physical activity
This factsheet summarises the recent key findings on young women and girls' physical activity.
It brings together quantitative data from a number of sources including the NHS Information Centre; Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF); Youth Sport Trust (YST); Girlguiding UK; and WSFF.
Last updated 20 December 2010
- Just a quarter of girls meet current recommended levels of physical activity a week
- Female drop off in sport starts earlier than males’ and is also more dramatic
- Despite PE being compulsory in schools, one in five girls still does no activity in a week. This is twice the proportion of boys
- For girls, being fit and healthy is the most popular reason for taking part in PE/sport. Other motivations include working as a team, making friends, being considerate and helping them to think about others
- Girls think sports traditionally played by boys, such as rugby and football, are seen (by society) to be more important that sports played by girls
