1994 UM Softball Team

Front Row: Kathryn Gleason, Kim Clark, Kelly Kovach, Mary Campana, Lesa Arvia, Michelle Silver, Dana Lakritz.

Back Row: Tracy Taylor, Erin Martino, Cheryl Pearcy, Mary Adams, Tracy Carr, Jennifer Smith, Kelly Holmes, Renee Swincicki, Kathleen Berrigan, Jessica Lang.

Not Pictured: Nicole Hoover.

Basketball referees

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Basketball officials

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

The identities of the Brazilian female athlete: the "points of temporary attachment" of women in sports

The aim of this study is to analyze the formation of the Brazilian Olympic female athletes' identities and the construction of this social role both in the Olympic scene as in Brazilian social context. The results, when compared with previous researches and the theoretical approach allows to conclude that even after inclusion of the growing Brazilian women in several sports - including pointing out that this did not occur in the form of confrontation, just as in other countries - this does not represent a rethinking of the social roles of the female and male letting to the athletes maintain a separation between sports life and life as a woman.

Fencing at the Colgate Women's Sports Exhibition

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Gymnasts at the Colgate women sports exhibition

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Women's Sports Health Clinic

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Colgate Women's Sports Exhibition (fencing)

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Billie Jean King at Women's Sports Magazine press conference

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Billie Jean King at Women's Sports Magazine press conference

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Exploring How Well UK Coach Education Meets the Needs of Women Sports Coaches

Inclusive and equitable processes are important to the development of sports coaching. The aim of this study was to explore how well UK coach education meets the needs of women sports coaches in order to make recommendations to further enhance the engagement of, and support for, aspiring and existing women coaches. The national governing bodies (NGBs) of four sports (Cycling, Equestrian, Gymnastics and Rowing) volunteered to participate and semi-structured interviews using the tenants of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) within a Self Determination Theory (SDT) framework were undertaken with 23 coaches, eight coach educators and five NGB officers. The data themed into an analytic structure derived from SDT comprising ‘Autonomy: Freedom to coach’, ‘Coaching competence’, and ‘Relatedness and belonging’. The coaches perceived potential benefit from enhanced relatedness and belonging within their sport with the findings suggesting that NGBs should embrace coach-led decision making in terms of the developmental topics which are important and should adopt the development of competence, rather than assessing technical understanding, as the foundational principle of more inclusive coach education. Future research should investigate the impact of the inclusive practices which are recommended within this investigation such as the softening of the technocratic focus of formal coach education.