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She'll Be ‘Right… but Are They? An Australian Perspective on Women in High Performance Sport Coaching

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posted on 2022-10-17, 06:24 authored by Alexandra RobertsAlexandra Roberts, Anthea ClarkeAnthea Clarke, C Fox-Harding, Georgia AskewGeorgia Askew, Clare MacMahonClare MacMahon, S Nimphius
Participation and media coverage of women in high-performance sport has been steadily increasing in recent years throughout the world. While this increase in interest has led to many young women and girls becoming involved in grassroots sport, there has yet to be a significant change in the number of women in coaching roles, particularly at the high-performance level. This paper synthesizes and summarizes the current challenges facing women sport coaches in Australia, drawing from existing research, media and government reports to understand the barriers for women entering and progressing in these roles. We also present some of the more recent initiatives to increase opportunities for women in high performance coaching. Within Australia, there is a need to (1) understand the pipeline for women coaches, (2) examine the interacting contexts and constraints that women are subject to within sporting organizations, and (3) create a preliminary framework for future research, outreach, and education to address gender inequity within Australian sport coaching.

Funding

This work was funded in part through a Research Focus Area grant in 2019 from La Trobe University.

History

Publication Date

2022-06-17

Journal

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Volume

4

Article Number

848735

Pagination

6p.

Publisher

Frontiers

ISSN

2624-9367

Rights Statement

© 2022 Roberts, Clarke, Fox-Harding, Askew, MacMahon and Nimphius. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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