Full Description
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.
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. It's 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
