CHALLENGE & SOLUTION

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ually, boys have 1 13 million more sport opportunities an girls (WSF) Per a 2019 Female Leaders in Sport urvey, 77% of female leaders reported that lack of posure to female coaches as role models limits girls’ sports participation

Up2Us Sports’ She Changes the Game initiative is focused on increasing opportunities for women to coach and for girls to play sports: when a girl has a woman as her coach, she is more likely to stay involved in her sports program.

We work to create more opportunities for women to coach and are currently piloting a Coach Development Program in Philadelphia for girls entering their junior or senior year of high school. The program intends to strengthen girls’ technical coaching skills and confidence, and support girls and young women as they transition out of their “athlete” role at their youth sports program into a potential “coach” role.

In 2021-22, with the support of the Philadelphia Foundation/S. Albert Fund, Up2Us Coaches served 569 female youth in Philadelphia.