Sarnia Girls Soccer Club has been striving, since its inception in 1974, to create an optimal environment for women and girls and to flourish in their love of the game.
In Canada Soccer’s “Guide to Accessibility & Inclusion”, Women’s Sport is addressed in Section II: Engaging Underrepresented Groups and Reducing Barriers to Participation.
This guide states:
“Women and girls, who account for more than 50 percent of the population of Canada, continue to be underrepresented in the sport and physical activity system (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity, 2012). Awareness about biomechanical and physiological considerations unique to women and girls has increased, providing a foundation to improve training methods and competition programs for athletes; however, large gaps persist in knowledge and practice relating to the psycho-social factors that influence women and girls as participants, athletes, coaches, officials, leaders, or administrators.”
And also states:
“It is time to create optimal conditions and systems that support women and girls to be active at all stages of participation and competition, as coaches, officials, leaders, and in other roles related to sport and physical activity.”
To view the full Canada Soccer Guide to Accessibility & Inclusion, click on the link below (Women in Sport begins on page 16).
To view the full Canada Soccer Guide to Accessibility & Inclusion, click on the link below (Women in Sport begins on page 16)
20210412_GuidetoAccessibilityandInclusion_EN.pdf
Further resources (source: Canadian Women & Sport):
Actively Engaging Women and Girls: Addressing the Psycho-Social Factors: Actively-Engaging-Women-and-Girls_Canadian-Women-Sport.pdf
Actively Engaging Women and Girls: Recommendations for Community Program Leaders and Coaches: CW&S_Community_Supplement_ENG
Actively Engaging Women and Girls: FUNdamental Stage Considerations: CW&S_FUNdamentals_Stage_Eng
Actively Engaging Women and Girls: Learn to Train and Train to Train Stage Considerations: CW&S_L2T-T2T_Stages_Eng
Actively Engaging Women and Girls: Active for Life Stage Stage Considerations: CW&S_Active_for_Life_Stage_Eng
Injury Prevention for Female Athletes: CW&S_Injury_prevention_Infographic Rebrand
