Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K As part of our research project, we gathered insight from a sample of high performance female coaches, GB level athletes and home country NGB representatives. It is intended that… Read More »Findings of our Research: ‘Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K.’
FCN launches their long awaited research project “Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K.” This project, in partnership with Professor Leanne Norman of the Centre for Social Justice in Sport and Society at Leeds Beckett University… Read More »Launch of our Research Project: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K.
U.S. Soccer will host the sixth annual SheBelieves Cup, Presented by Visa, from Feb. 18-24as Argentina, Brazil and Canada join the USA for the most elite four-team international tournament in women’s soccer. The SheBelieves Cup Presented by Visa is part of U.S.… Read More »U.S. Soccer will host the sixth annual SheBelieves Cup from Feb. 18-24
The Female Coaching Network is Part of Inaugural Network of Nonprofit Organizations Collaborating With U.S. Soccer To Positively Impact More Girls and Women The FCN has been selected by the U.S. Soccer Federation to serve as one of ten organizations… Read More »FCN Joins U.S.A Soccer 2021 SHE BELIEVES Ambassador Program
For a woman in sport, one of the most difficult tasks is often finding sports wear that not only fits, but makes you look and feel professional. Walk into any mainstream sports store, and you have a choice between the… Read More »How important is women’s fitted kit to you?
Christina Polatajko is an Aussie Rules football coach from Australia. In November 2020, Christina was hired by Bec Goddard (winning coach of the inaugural AFLW season) to join her as her Assistant at Hawthorn VFLW (Victoria Football League Women’s) team… Read More »Christina Polatajko – Interview
As part of our project Achieving Gender Equality in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K, FCN founder and project lead Vicky was asked by Scottish Athletics to present at their annual Club Conference. Vicky’s presentation was aimed at raising… Read More »Highlighting Gender Inequality to Scottish Athletics Clubs
HUGE Congratulations to friend of the FCN Chelsea Romero who has recently been announced as the LA Rams Training Assistant for the up & coming NFL season! Chelsea, who we first interviewed back in September 2019, has been an intern… Read More »FCN Ambassador Chelsea Romero Named LA Rams Strength & Conditioning Coach
Track & Field is one of the FCN’s key sports and it is also the sport closest to our founders heart. We are currently in the process of conducting a UK wide research project called “Achieving Gender Equality in High… Read More »5 Reasons Why There Aren’t More Women Coaches in High Performance Athletics in the U.K.
Below are a list of short videos highlighting some of the statistics we have discovered through our research of Track & Field in the U.K. More videos will be added over the coming weeks.