Nancy Gillen and Chris Stafford discuss the top stories in women's sport this week.
Sam Kerr signs with Chelsea FC
Women’s football weekend
USWNT granted class action law suit
Mizuki Noguchi to be first torch bearer at Tokyo 2020
World Para Athletics Championships
India Tokyo 2020 boxing trial
England Women Announce Squad For Pakistan Tour
First World Cup Slalom in Levi Nov 23-24
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Sports Psychologist Dr. Jenny Susser explains ways that athletes can prepare for their life as a college athlete by being prepared and creating your own community. The collegiate coach is one of the most important relationships an athlete will have as they will play an immeasurable role for the athlete and have a big hand in the success or failure of the athlete’s career. This episode discusses many aspects of college life as a student and athlete.
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Helena Hlas, 27, was born to Czech parents and are up in Winnipeg, Canada. Later, she spent several years in Calgary pursuing alpine ski racing dreams before discovering rowing during her studies at the University of Calgary. She completed her Masters of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, on the theme of doping in sport before relocating to Prague to race with the Czech National Team.  After an unsuccessful trialling season in the spring of 2019 Helena decided to relocate yet again, this time to Lucerne where she now spends her days on the crystal clear Swiss waters rowing and coaching. She is also in the process of starting her own company to help athletes earn additional income doing what they do best. Helena is passionate about ethics and reducing barriers to performance in sport. She wrote an article entitled Racing Backwards: Addressing Sexism in Contemporary Sport which addresses open sexism at a well known Swiss Rowing Club.
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Triathlon and open water coach Penny Harris is a firm believer that the sport is so adaptable anyone can compete in triathlon at any age because it’s not always about the result.  She has always enjoyed biking and running and as we often hear it was the swimming that challenged her. Now in her mid fifties she specializes in coaching open water swimming and helping athletes overcome their fear. All while pursuing her own goals in the sport.  Penny says her high points so far have been getting to the start line of her first sprint triathlon. In 2012 at the 5i50 European Championship she pushed herself harder than ever before to finish runner-up. In the same year she travelled to Lanzarote for her first ever Ironman 70.3 and finished 4th in her age group. In 2013 she came 3rd in her age group in the Cotswold 113 race and a year later at the age of 50 Penny competed in her first long distance triathlon at Challenge Roth in Germany.  Nowadays Penny is coaching triathlon age groupers and in her spare time she is a volunteer on the local Lifeboat near her home in South Wales.
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Patricia Gregory is an historian of women’s football in the UK who is embarking on her first book on its history. Patricia became the Hon. Assistant Secretary of the Women’s Football Association from its inception until taking over as Hon. Secretary from Arthur Hobbs in 1972.  A position she held until 1981 when through her encouragement a full time official was appointed –  a full time job, running a club and a league as well as duties for the WFA proved too much.  Prior to becoming an Hon. Life Vice President in 1984, until the dissolution of the WFA in 1993, she served for a year in each capacity as Liaison Officer and Chairman.  She was invited to become a member of the UEFA Women’s Football Committee in 1979 serving 7 terms until 1993.  After the WFA ceased she served for a time on The Women’s Football Alliance Committee of The FA.
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Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen discuss this week's top stories from women's sport:
Equal Pay for Matildas
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-05/matildas-and-socceroos-to-earn-equal-pay/11671102
Green Army qualifies for Tokyo
Nicola Adams retiring
https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/50322708
Dutch Olympian jailed
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/sport/madiea-ghafoor-drugs-dutch-spt-intl/index.html
Minna Atherton sets world record at International Swimming League
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086404/atherton-isl-world-record
Sapporo move confirmed for marathon and race walk but Tokyo will not incur costs
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086528/tokyo-2020
 
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In Episode 28 of The WeCOACH Podcast, Megan Kahn chats with Northwestern head women’s lacrosse coach, Kelly Amonte Hiller. She is coming off one of her most impressive seasons to date, having garnered Big Ten Coach of the Year and IWLCA West/Midwest Regional Coach of the Year in leading the Wildcats to the national semifinals. Kelly’s success at the NCAA-level and the international level give her a wealth of experience and wisdom, as well as the respect of her student-athletes as they keep their eyes on the journey year after year.
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In this episode Tucker Center director Dr. Nicole LaVoi talks to the founder and first director of the Tucker Center, Dr. Mary Jo Kane who explains the original story of the Tucker Center.  They also discusses her seminal piece of research known as the "sport as continuum" paper. If you want to brush up, read the original 1995 paper (and you should because it's a good one) or the 2017 reflection piece  that she wrote on the impact of her sport continuum theory. We also hear how the sport continuum theory may be applied to the current topic of, and debate surrounding, inclusion of transgender athletes. You can read Dr. Austin Stair Calhoun's, TC affiliated scholar, 2017 OpEd on her perspective on the complexities on applying and revisiting the sport as continuum theory.
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Di Lampard was the only female Chef d’Equipe among 17 at this year’s FEI Nation’s Cup Final in Barcelona, which for equestrian sport is not a true reflection of the gender equity among riders, trainers and owners. But by that time she had achieved her team’s main goal for the second time in her tenure of qualifying for the Olympic Games.  Building her team takes time and this year was a building year with Tokyo in mind and the choice of youth and experience paid off with a thrilling Nations Cup victory in Dublin this summer which paved the way to the European Championships where the team clinched the bronze medal.  Di’s steadfast approach to nurturing younger riders and new combinations reflects her horsemanship and wealth of experience and bodes well for the Olympic challenge that lies ahead.  Chris Stafford spoke to Di after a day of coaching to reflect on the progress so far and the road ahead.
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WiSP Ambassador Naya Tapper just returned from the UK where she and 11 other teammates took part in the debut of RugbyX, a new 5-a-side format for the game.  Naya tells us what it was like and explains the 1v1 play and why she would love to play this format again.  We also hear about her upcoming rugby clinic and to round off the year the team will be heading to Dubai and South Africa for the sevens tournaments.
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