Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and senior lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, will give a keynote and workshop at the 2023 North American Coach Development Summit sponsored by the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) on June 14 in Birmingham, AL. In her keynote, LaVoi will discuss and outline a new, evidence-based and tested online tool for coaches of girls, Coaching HER.

Gender impacts every aspect of coaching, as well as every aspect of girls’ sport experiences. Coaching HER tackles the most central, yet unaddressed issue which negatively impacts girls’ performance, self-perceptions, sport choices and experiences: coaches’ unconscious gender biases and stereotypes. Coaching HER is designed to help get and keep girls in sport through critical drop out ages.

In her post-summit workshop, LaVoi and others will dispel false narratives with data, share data on the barriers and supports for women coaches evidence-based approaches for recruiting, hiring, and retaining women coaches, as well as strategies to help women feel safe, valued, and supported.