Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching

Leanne Norman is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Social Justice in Sport & Society within the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Her research examines issues of gender equity related to sports coaching, sports leadership, and organisations. Her work is driven towards improving the participation, performance, and leadership pathways for diverse social groups, principally, different groups of women.

• Introduction – Bringing About Sustainable Change to Improving Gender Equity in Sport CoachingPART 1: Setting the Scene: How Gender Inequity Manifests Itself in Sport Coaching Contexts and Why Change Is Needed1. The Glass Cliff, Gender, and Sport Leadership: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis2. Gender Stereotypes as Mechanisms of Social Exclusion of Women as Football CoachesPART 2: Strategies for Supporting A More Gender Inclusive Sport Coaching Workforce3. Transformational Change: Creating a New Culture of Sport Coaching4. Barriers and Supports in the Career Trajectories of Graduate Level Female Sports Coaching Students5. Can Sex-integrated Sport Provide a Gender Equitable Coaching Environment?6. It’s on BOYS! University Coach Educators and the Production, Maintenance, and Disruption of Gender Structures7. Gender Equity Policies in Sport in Practice: From Words to Action8. Organisation Level Practices to Support Women in CoachingPart 3: From Research to Practice: Evidence of Impactful Research That Has Contributed to More Gender Inclusive Sport Coaching Contexts9. Shared experiences from the margins: Culturally diverse women in coaching inAotearoa New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom10. Supporting and Developing Women in Sport Coaching: A Lifespan CareerApproach11. An Evaluation of a Mentoring Programme to Support High-Performance WomenCoaches 12. Reflections on Career Development From Women Who Coach Canadian Elite Trackand Field Athletes13. "If there were more women coaches around, I think things would be different":Women Boxing Coaches’ Struggles to Challenge and Change a Male Dominated SportEnvironment

"This is a timely and important book for the sports coaching community. Gender equality impacts upon all coaches and therefore all athletes. This accessible book will be of interest not only to academics, graduate students and undergraduates invested in redressing the gender imbalance across sports contexts, but also to coaches, coach educators and policy makers alike."Dr Luke Jones, University of Hull"This text should be a key point of reference for anyone wishing to gain more subject knowledge of the intersections of gender and sports coaching. Its strengths lie in its ability to unpack the complexity of the problem – the under-representation of women in sports coaching. It moves beyond homogenised notions of ‘women’ and ‘sport’ to look at different kinds of women’s experiences in various sporting contexts. It explores the challenges posed by this under-representation, drawing from different theoretical and methodological approaches. Finally, its contributions lie in its ability to move beyond the ‘problem’ and ‘challenge’ to offer solutions for all those interested in addressing this imbalance." Dr Annette Stride, Principle Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University