Youth sports organizations say they want more women involved, but the simple fact is that far fewer
women coach youth sports then men.
Not exact matches
Coach Dayak who has guided their
youth career says, «it has been a pleasure and honor
coaching these fine young
women, they will always be a part of me and me of them, I can't wait to watch them continue on with their college careers and glad that their outstanding soccer abilities has help them get a college education and know that they can achieve whatever goal they set on or off the field.
«The first thing I noticed was her length,» said
Women's Cadet National Team head
coach Natalie Benson, who
coached Klass this past August with the
Women's
Youth National Team contingent that won gold at the
Youth Pan American Championships in Argentina.
Louisville
women's basketball
coach Jeff Walz recently went on a rant against participation awards in
youth sports; NAYS Executive Director John Engh offers his take on this hotly debated issue
Women need to push for leadership roles in
youth sports both as
coaches and administrators to protect their children from needless injury playing sports and help break down the gender stereotyping and sexist attitudes that permeate today's
youth sports culture more than 25 years after the passage of Title IX.
The absence of
women as
coaches in
youth sports has been criticized by some as one of the most backward traditions in sports today.
Of the 4.1 million
youth sports
coaches only 654,000 are
women.
The puzzling absence of
women coaches in
youth sports, as Scott Lancaster, the director of the National Football League's
youth football program, noted in his book, Fair Play: Making Organized Sports a Great Experience for Your Kid, is «clearly one of the most backward traditions in sports today.»
The mission of USA field Hockey is to promote and grow the sport in the United States, enable athletes to achieve sustained competitive international excellence, improve playing,
coaching and umpiring opportunities for men,
women and
youth and provide quality service and premier events.
The mission of USA field Hockey is to promote and grow the sport in the United States, enable athletes to achieve sustained competitive international excellence, improve playing,
coaching and umpiring opportunities for men,
women and
youth and provide quality service and premier events.