Congratulations on reading through the first series of the Women and Girls Coaching Course: The Female Athlete. There is now an exam to complete. Please see details below.
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: You will need to complete Women and Girls Series 1 Exam. PLEASE EMAIL COACHING@USSQUASH.ORG TO GET THE WOMEN AND GIRLS SERIES 1 EXAM ATTACHED TO YOUR CLUB LOCKER ACCOUNT IN THE TRAINING TAB.
US Squash recognize the following sources used to create this series:
- Stone, S (2019, November 17). Baseline level certification course – WTCA – women’s tennis coaching association. WTCA. https://wtcatennis.org/courses/baseline-level-certification-course/
- Jedrzejczak, A. (2017, November 20). Young girls are dropping out of sports – here’s why it’s a problem. Why Girls Quit Sports Female Athlete Long-Term Benefits. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/girls-quitting-sports-reasons
- George, Z. (2021, May 22). How social media is taking a toll on elite athletes. Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300312925/how-social-media-is-taking-a-toll-on-elite-athletes
- Girls drop-out at different rates depending on where they live. Sabo, D. and Veliz, P. (2008). Go Out and Play: Youth Sports in America. East Meadow, NY: Women’s Sports Foundation.
- Staurowsky et al., 2020. Chasing Equity: The Triumphs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Sports for Girls and Women: Women’s Sports Foundation
- Understanding puberty and menstruation and its impact on girls and Sport. Women In Sport. (2019, July 29). https://womeninsport.org/opinion/understanding-puberty-and-menstruation-and-its-impact-on-girls-and-sport/#:~:text=Girls%20will%20also%20start%20to,physical%20activity%20during%20this%20time.
- Johnson, R. (2019, September 27). Facing their fears. Training & Conditioning. https://training-conditioning.com/article/facing-their-fears/
