Women in charge o top New Zealand sports teams? Not likely-7
"Also it is incredibly hard, as it
is in the male space, to
be amateur and coach and
hold down a full time job - as i
is with players. There's a
lifestyle choice there too I believe. "We have to create an
environment where they are
comfortable and want to
be better coaches. But it is a
bit of a juggling act for women
who are mums and have families and work full time and
something has to give. "At the moment
we don't have
a lot of women applying for
these roles so it is really hard
to appoint a women when they're not applying." Sexton believed
that often
women lacked the confidence
to apply for roles they were
capable of in rugby, while me
would throw their name in the hat without thinking about it. She would
like to see this
trend change and have more
applications from women for
top coaching roles. However
there were capable men in these positions.Stuff sport
is in the male space, to
be amateur and coach and
hold down a full time job - as i
is with players. There's a
lifestyle choice there too I believe. "We have to create an
environment where they are
comfortable and want to
be better coaches. But it is a
bit of a juggling act for women
who are mums and have families and work full time and
something has to give. "At the moment
we don't have
a lot of women applying for
these roles so it is really hard
to appoint a women when they're not applying." Sexton believed
that often
women lacked the confidence
to apply for roles they were
capable of in rugby, while me
would throw their name in the hat without thinking about it. She would
like to see this
trend change and have more
applications from women for
top coaching roles. However
there were capable men in these positions.Stuff sport
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