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Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)

Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching By Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)

Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching by Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)


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The overall purpose of Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching is to take an action or forward thinking approach about what works, or could work, to improve the recruitment, development, or promotion of women sport coaches.

Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching Summary

Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching by Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)

The sport coaching profession has historically been and continues to be a White male-dominated occupation and this remains a global issue. This imbalance persists despite an improvement in wider social attitudes and legislation towards equality and diversity within many societies, and despite the action by sporting organisations and national governing bodies. Within the research literature, the underrepresentation of women in sport coaching is a well-documented issue with a number of research studies highlighting the experiences and impact of being in the minority for women coaches. The issue of gender inequity in sport coaching is a long-standing one and shows little sign of changing significantly anytime soon. Therefore, a new approach is needed, one that draws on the knowledge and evidence we have to create actionable, sustainable, deep-rooting interventions that challenge the issue of gender equity at its very core. The overall purpose of Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching is to take an action or forward-thinking approach about what works, or could work, to improve the recruitment, development, or promotion of women sport coaches. The book brings together a global group of esteemed scholars working in this subject area. In this book, we have brought together not just the insight but also a collection of strategies and recommendations as to how this research could be or has been utilised to make our sport coaching envrionment places where all coaches feel as though they belong. As such, this ground-breaking book is a must read not just for students and researchers of gender equity in sport but also for policy and decision-makers working in sport.

Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching Reviews

"This is a timely and important book for the sports coaching community. Gender equality impacts upon all coaches and therefore all athletes. This accessible book will be of interest not only to academics, graduate students and undergraduates invested in redressing the gender imbalance across sports contexts, but also to coaches, coach educators and policy makers alike."

Dr Luke Jones, University of Hull

"This text should be a key point of reference for anyone wishing to gain more subject knowledge of the intersections of gender and sports coaching. Its strengths lie in its ability to unpack the complexity of the problem the under-representation of women in sports coaching. It moves beyond homogenised notions of women and sport to look at different kinds of womens experiences in various sporting contexts. It explores the challenges posed by this under-representation, drawing from different theoretical and methodological approaches. Finally, its contributions lie in its ability to move beyond the problem and challenge to offer solutions for all those interested in addressing this imbalance."

Dr Annette Stride, Principle Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University

About Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)

Leanne Norman is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Social Justice in Sport & Society within the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Her research examines issues of gender equity related to sports coaching, sports leadership, and organisations. Her work is driven towards improving the participation, performance, and leadership pathways for diverse social groups, principally, different groups of women.

Table of Contents

Introduction Bringing About Sustainable Change to Improving Gender Equity in Sport Coaching

PART 1: Setting the Scene: How Gender Inequity Manifests Itself in Sport Coaching Contexts and Why Change Is Needed

1. The Glass Cliff, Gender, and Sport Leadership: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis

2. Gender Stereotypes as Mechanisms of Social Exclusion of Women as Football Coaches

PART 2: Strategies for Supporting A More Gender Inclusive Sport Coaching Workforce

3. Transformational Change: Creating a New Culture of Sport Coaching

4. Barriers and Supports in the Career Trajectories of Graduate Level Female Sports Coaching Students

5. Can Sex-integrated Sport Provide a Gender Equitable Coaching Environment?

6. Its on BOYS! University Coach Educators and the Production, Maintenance, and Disruption of Gender Structures

7. Gender Equity Policies in Sport in Practice: From Words to Action

8. Organisation Level Practices to Support Women in Coaching

Part 3: From Research to Practice: Evidence of Impactful Research That Has Contributed to More Gender Inclusive Sport Coaching Contexts

9. Shared experiences from the margins: Culturally diverse women in coaching in

Aotearoa New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom

10. Supporting and Developing Women in Sport Coaching: A Lifespan Career

Approach

11. An Evaluation of a Mentoring Programme to Support High-Performance Women

Coaches

12. Reflections on Career Development From Women Who Coach Canadian Elite Track

and Field Athletes

13. "If there were more women coaches around, I think things would be different":

Women Boxing Coaches Struggles to Challenge and Change a Male Dominated Sport

Environment

Additional information

NPB9781032049120
9781032049120
103204912X
Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching by Leanne Norman (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023-09-25
260
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