Women and Sports Coaching

LaVoi, Nicole M.; Baeth, Anna

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53318-0_10

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“…The intended outcome for this exploration is to understand what organizational features are most pertinent to providing a better working experience for women. This is to add to the small body of existing literature that situates its lens upon organizational structures to interrogate the underrepresentation of women coaches (e.g., Burton, 2015; Burton & LaVoi, 2016; LaVoi & Baeth, 2016; LaVoi & Dutove, 2012). The research also aimed to highlight what is needed to further women’s visibility and value, to tap into a wider reach of expertise and experience that having a diversity of coaches can offer.…”

Section: How the Sport Coaching And Sport Organizational Culture Is Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers

Norman

Rankin-Wright

Allison

2018

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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The purpose of this study was to explore what particular areas of organizational cultures facilitate the development and progression of women as football coaches and coach developers. The English Football Association provided the context for the research. Previous statistics demonstrate that recruitment, retention, and progression of women in English football coaching and tutoring are lower and slower than their male counterparts. In-depth interviews were completed with 26 women coaches and coach developers during November 2015 and February 2016 to understand their personal experiences as linked to the structure and culture of their sporting governing body, and analyzed using Schein's theory of organizational culture. Three key tenets of organizational culture were found to be most influential on the career development of the participants: journeys and crossroads (the establishment of a learning culture), inclusive leadership, and vertical and horizontal relationships. The research demonstrates the need to identify disparities between espoused values and assumptions to enact cultural change toward supporting more women to be valued, included, and progressed in the sporting workplace.

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Section: How the Sport Coaching And Sport Organizational Culture Is Hmentioning

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“It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers

Norman

Rankin-Wright

Allison

2018

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…Il est donc nécessaire de mener des efforts concertés pour soutenir les femmes dans des rôles de leadership (Culver et al, 2019). LaVoi et Baeth (2018), parmi d'autres, soutiennent qu'un positionnement féministe est nécessaire pour qu'il y ait des changements organisationnels profonds qui cesseront de favoriser le privilège masculin et de perpétuer les stéréotypes de genre et les divers biais qui sont un frein à la progression des femmes. De plus, comme le soulignent très justement M'mbaha et Chepyator-Thomson (2019) dans leur recherche portant sur les femmes dans des rôles de leadership dans les organisations sportives au Kenya, ne pas inclure les femmes revient à se priver de la moitié des personnes formées et de leurs talents.…”

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Équité, diversité et inclusion dans les organisations sportives

Keyser-Verreault¹,

Brière²,

St-Pierre³

et al. 2023

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Collection Équité, diversité et inclusion Dirigée par Sophie BrièreDans la foulée des revendications pour la prise en compte des inégalités et des discriminations envers les groupes historiquement et socialement marginalisés, nombreuses sont les organisations privées et publiques qui souhaitent se doter de plans, de politiques et de projets afin de transformer leurs pratiques organisationnelles en matière d'équité, de diversité et d'inclusion (EDI). Cette collection interdisciplinaire souhaite contribuer à alimenter ces changements dans les organisations en réunissant des ouvrages qui abordent différentes thématiques liées à l'EDI.

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“…Previous research has emerged that sports coaching remains male-dominated; disproportionately, few women are in high-level coaching positions (Lavoi & Baeth, 2017). Even though girl's and women's participation numbers in sports have decreased, there remains an unequal gender balance in coaching (Kane, 2016).…”

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The Power of Knowledge in Combat Sports Coaching

Erdogan

2024

icgr

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A growing number of studies develop recommendations for improving the expertise of coaching better athletes. Scholars build knowledge of how to coach and what competence a sports coach should have. Following feminist ideology in knowledge production, this paper explores who can decide on approved coaching know-how. It investigates the assumed expertise and the identification of competition-level coaches' competence and asks what capability is required to qualify as a sports coach. It scrutinises existing practices and collectively formed concepts that influence coaches’ pathways: how to become a coach and what possibilities are there for different positions as a coach. The study is conducted at the sports club level, where coaches are voluntary workers. The research includes judo, boxing, and wrestling, referred to as combat sports. Through feminist studies and analysis, the research examines power structures between people or groups. The study focuses on how practical, procedural knowledge is valued in the culture of combat sports. By describing culturally shared meanings and practices in sports, the study reveals the gendered practices by which situations are planned, implemented, and managed. The analysis shows how the male-dominated coaching environment relies on tacit knowledge of learning, cultural behaviour, and assumed know-how. The implied procedural knowledge is proven performatively in physical manners learned through experience, especially expertise from winning competitions. As a result, the study highlights the unchangeable, traditional environment, where repetition of current knowledge is indispensable. Consequently, the study suggests that coaches without previous sport-specific knowledge are excluded from coaching.

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Women and Sports Coaching

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

“It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers

“It’s a Concrete Ceiling; It’s Not Even Glass”: Understanding Tenets of Organizational Culture That Supports the Progression of Women as Coaches and Coach Developers

Équité, diversité et inclusion dans les organisations sportives

The Power of Knowledge in Combat Sports Coaching

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