Congratulations on reading the third and final series of the Women and Girls Coaching Course. By completing this course, you have gaged a better understanding of the interrelationship between performance and puberty, adequate ways of communicating with female athletes, and what a healthy body image looks like. This course has prepared you far more than the less informed counterparts. Female athletes have certain issues not seen in males, including a distinct difference in cultural and societal implications, what they look for in a coach, and ways in which they learn best. This course has taught you the elements to on court coaching, communication with players, taking personal time, and how to handle various situations common to coaching females. This knowledge gives individual coaches the best preparation and chance of success in their endeavor to work with female squash players.
EXAM: PLEASE EMAIL COACHING@USSQUASH.ORG TO ATTACH THE WOMEN AND GIRLS SERIES 3 EXAM TO YOUR CLUB LOCKER ACCOUNT IN THE TRAINING TAB.
US Squash recognize the following sources used to create this series:
References;
- McMurtry, J. (2020, December 17). Are we asking or being asked the right questions?. Coaching the Coaches. https://www.coachingthecoaches.net/blog/2020/12/12/are-we-asking-or-being-asked-the-right-questions
- Zarrett, N., Veliz, P.T., & Sabo, D. (2020). Keeping Girls in the Game: Factors that Influence Sport Participation. New York, NY: Women’s Sports Foundation.
- Berthold, Jaime L., “Parental Role in Encouraging Sport Participation in Females” (2012). Sport Management Undergraduate.
- Womens Sports Foundation. (2019, April 2). Coaching through a gender lens – women’s Sports Foundation. https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Gender-Lens-Executive-Summary-Updated-format-6-3-20-FINAL.pdf
- Mitchell, J. (2013, November 29). Reflection as a coach development tool. Coach Growth.
- Wright, D. (2023, January 10). Praise vs. affirmation. Player Development Project.
