The Rowing Ireland Women in Sport Programme is launching a Women in Coaching Networking Series. The Series will host a Zoom call every second Wednesday from Jan – April. Each session will focus on a different topic and allow time for discussion between coaches on their own experience of the topic.
12th Jan | Mental Health in Sport | Conversation with Elaine Cahill – Master Graduate of Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise |
9th Feb | Coach-Athlete Relationship | Conversation with Olympic Medalists Aifric Keogh and Eimear Lambe |
9th Mar | Where are we now, where are we going? | Review of Sport Ireland, Women in Coaching Research as part of WiS Week |
13th Apr | Coach’s Choice | Topic TBC following feedback from the Network. |
All sessions start at 7.30 pm.
This series provides an opportunity to meet other coaches, reflect on your own practice and engage in topics to support coach development.
Sport Ireland Women in Coaching Research found that access to a network was an important development tool for female coaches. Of 2000+ female coaches surveyed:
- 86% of active female coaches who did not have a coaching network would like to join one
- 58% of female coaches would like to observe other coaches in their sport
- Female coaches felt not being part of a coaching network hampered their opportunities for advancement.
You can register for the network series here.