An Active Approach [for] Developing Girls into Future Leaders in
Sport
Diana Schwartz and Teresa Connelly, USA
In the years following the passage of Title IX in
the United States, the number of women in leadership roles within sport
decreased drastically. There is an urgent need to increase the number of
women who coach, administer, and officiate sport programs. Recently, in
Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
(MIAA)
and the New Agenda have responded to this issue by sponsoring "Captains
and Coaches Clinics" for female student-athletes and their coaches.
Initially,
coaches were invited to attend with the captains from their teams. As
interest
grew, coaches were encouraged to invite any female student athlete
considered
to have leadership potential, even if she was not a captain, to
attend.
The primary goal of these clinics has been to develop the leadership
skills
of the student-athletes. The clinics include an interactive segment,
during
which student athletes actively participate in a variety of activities
designed to expose them to different characteristics and skills of
leadership.
The following issues are included, among others, in the clinics: 1)
communication;
2) modeling; 3) assertive behavior; 4) problem solving; 5) critical
thinking.
In this session the interactive activities utilized in the Captains and
Coaches Clinics will be presented and the attendees will be invited to
participate.
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