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Michael Messner's blog

Michael Messner
Michael Messner

Secrets of Successful Women Coaches

Submitted by Michael Messner on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 23:31. | 2 comments

There are very few women coaches in my community’s youth sports leagues: only 13% in AYSO and 6% in Little League Baseball and Softball.  While I found very little overt sexism or hostility toward women coaches, their stories told of informal (but very powerful) processes that discouraged them:  being informally pushed away from coaching at the entry level; feeling a constant sense of scrutiny from other adults (“is she really qualifiedRead more »

Michael Messner
Michael Messner

Including More Women Coaches in Youth Sports: Why it Matters

Submitted by Michael Messner on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 21:17. | 3 comments

Next month, millions of kids will retrieve their baseball and softball gloves from the bottoms of drawers or from under their beds.

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