Coaching HER is a transformative resource for sports coaches of girls,

challenging traditional coaching methods and unconscious gender biases.


By addressing these biases and stereotypes, Coaching HER empowers coaches to minimize

gender inequalities, foster inclusive environments and promote positive experiences, self-

perceptions, sport choices and performance for female athletes.

www.coachingher.com

Coaching HER is a transformative resource for sports coaches of girls, challenging traditional coaching methods and unconscious gender biases.


By addressing these biases and stereotypes, Coaching HER empowers coaches to minimize gender inequalities, foster inclusive environments and promote positive experiences, self- perceptions, sport choices and performance for female athletes.

www.coachingher.com

"All girls deserve sport coaches who help them succeed,

flourish, thrive, and realize their full potential."

- Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., Director of the Tucker Center

"All girls deserve sport coaches who help them succeed, flourish, thrive, and realize their full potential."

- Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., Director of the Tucker Center

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About Coaching HER

How an athlete feels about their coach is one of the most important factors determining whether or not she keeps playing sports. Coaches are powerful role models who can impact girls' self-perceptions, experiences, and development. Yet coaches often lack the education and training needed to address concerns specific to girls and women, including gender identities, stereotypes and bias.

Our Vision: To help more girls get and stay in sport through critical drop-out ages of 11-17, so they can stay active, healthy and thrive across the lifespan.

  • BODY CONFIDENT ATHLETES' WORKBOOK

    This program has been designed by girls for girls. It's a unique program that helps girls to feel more confident about their bodies when playing sports. In this workbook you'll find some common body image concerns that girls often face when playing sports and tips for how to overcome them.


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  • SESSION 1: BODY TALK IN SPORT

    This session sets the scene for athletes by introducing them to body talk, and how these conversations can reinforce gender stereotypes, appearance, and athletic ideals, and negatively impact girls’ sporting experience.


    The session will also build a foundation for session two, where athletes will learn a new way of thinking and speaking about their bodies from a functionality perspective (e.g., what the body can do and perhaps do differently to others).



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  • SESSION 1: BODY TALK IN SPORT

    This session sets the scene for athletes by introducing them to body talk, and how these conversations can reinforce gender stereotypes, appearance, and athletic ideals, and negatively impact girls’ sporting experience.


    The session will also build a foundation for session two, where athletes will learn a new way of thinking and speaking about their bodies from a functionality perspective (e.g., what the body can do and perhaps do differently to others).



    Download Session 1 Workbook

  • WHAT OUR BODIES EXPERIENCE IN SPORT

    In session two, athletes will learn how to focus on and accept what their bodies can do and experience during sport, rather than what it looks like.


    By doing so, athletes are more likely to accept and appreciate their bodies and their different abilities and be in tune with what their body needs when playing sports.

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  • LISTENING TO OUR BODIES IN SPORT

    To finish the program, athletes will learn  

    the importance of respecting their bodies, by listening and attending to their bodies’ needs.


    Athletes will participate in a practical task, where they learn how to identify bodily sensations, and the importance of honoring and responding to these cues.

    Download the Workbook

  • LISTENING TO OUR BODIES IN SPORT

    To finish the program, athletes will learn  

    the importance of respecting their bodies, by listening and attending to their bodies’ needs.


    Athletes will participate in a practical task, where they learn how to identify bodily sensations, and the importance of honoring and responding to these cues.

    Download the Workbook

  • THE BODY CONFIDENT ATHLETE PROGRAM

    The Body Confident Athlete program was designed by leading researchers and experts at the Centre for Appearance Research and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.


    This program is designed to help coaches support their athletes* (See Page 12) in having a positive relationship with their bodies.

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  • COACHING HER CHAMPIONS GUIDE

    Coaching HER™ is a resource that helps sports coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently.



    Download the Workbook

  • COACHING HER CHAMPIONS GUIDE

    Coaching HER™ is a resource that helps sports coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently.

    Download the Workbook

OUR WHY AT COACHING HER

At the Tucker Center we are continuously asked, "How do we coach girls?" Coaching HER is a coaching resource that helps sport coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently.

OUR WHY AT COACHING HER

At the Tucker Center we are continuously asked, "How do we coach girls?" Coaching HER is a coaching resource that helps sport coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently.

Provides coaches the tools they need to effectively coach girls

Supports the needs of girls in sport by helping coaches create a climate where girls can realize their full potential, optimally develop and flourish.

Gives voice to girls and includes HER perspectives

Is girl-focused, gender-responsive, and recognizes girls experience the world differently, face many barriers, and are treated differently than boys, because they are girls.

Developed by world-renowned experts and championed by leading brands

Stands as an industry-first, evidence-based, rigorously tested tool for sport coaches of girls.

Provides coaches the tools they

need to effectively coach girls

Supports the needs of girls in sport by helping coaches create a climate where girls can realize their full potential, optimally develop and flourish.

Gives voice to girls and

includes HER perspectives

Is girl-focused, gender-responsive, and recognizes girls experience the world differently, face many barriers, and are treated differently than boys, because they are girls.

Developed by world-renowned experts

and championed by leading brands

Stands as an industry-first, evidence-based, rigorously tested tool for sport coaches of girls.

Coaching HER is a project of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. We conduct solution-based research, translate knowledge, provide educational opportunities, and engage in community outreach that impact girls and women in sport and physical activity. Established in 1993, the Tucker Center is the first interdisciplinary research center in the world to undertake and pioneer the academic study of girls and women in sport.

Coaching HER is a project of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. We conduct solution-based research, translate knowledge, provide educational opportunities, and engage in community outreach that impact girls and women in sport and physical activity. Established in 1993, the Tucker Center is the first interdisciplinary research center in the world to undertake and pioneer the academic study of girls and women in sport.