Recognised as one of the premier events in the U.K. domestic athletics calendar, Manchester International will see some of the UK’s brightest talents going head-to-head at the Manchester Regional Arena. This years event will take place at Sportcity, Manchester August… Read More »Coaching Stats for Manchester International 2021 (U.K.)
Below are the numbers & percentages of female Team Coaches selected as part of each sport for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to the official Team Canada information. Archery – 1 coach – 0 female coaches – 0% Artistic… Read More »Tokyo 2020: Team Canada Coaching Stats
Below are the numbers & percentages of female Team Coaches selected as part of each sport for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to the official Team GB information. Artistic Swimming – 2 coaches – 2 female coaches = 100%… Read More »Tokyo2020: Team GB Coaching Stats
Below are the number of coaching positions available within the team sports at the Tokyo Olympic Games. These include Head Coaching Roles and Assistant Coaching Roles: Artistic Swimming —- 69 coaching positions – 63 female coaches = 91% Baseball /… Read More »Number of Female Coaches in Each Team Sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
UK Athletics and the Female Coaching Network are inviting all coaches to attend a ‘Let’s Talk About Gender in Coaching” webinar series in August 2021. UKA and FCN are hosting a number of webinar discussions for all coaches who have… Read More »Let’s Talk About Gender in Coaching
The Female Coaching Network Track & Field: UK is a groundbreaking approach to making much needed change in the world of British track and field. Pre 2020, the sport was in dire need of highlighting and addressing the many issues… Read More »Track & Field: UK
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. Representatives from each of the four home countries and UK Athletics were interviewed to explore their perspective and approaches towards the issue of gender equity within their high-performance coaching… Read More »Research Findings: NGB Approach is Fixing the Woman, not the System
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. The impact of the cultural and systemic issues have also impacted on the value ascribed to women by their governing bodies. There were a few examples of the coaches… Read More »Research Findings: Undervalued and Exploited within the System
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. This was a significant and recurrent theme across of all the 17 interviews. Professions have certain characteristics that differentiate them from crafts, occupations, or trades. It is not possible… Read More »Research Findings: A Lack of Professionalisation within High Performance Coaching
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. In addition to a feeling of being in the minority, many of the women described how gendered assumptions still shape the coaching culture across the NGBs and clubs. Such… Read More »Research Findings: Gendered Assumptions