tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post8204247981616780937..comments2023-12-20T12:58:40.509+00:00Comments on The Manchizzle: A rant about girls and sport in Britain.Kate Feldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-58277763946735860762014-03-12T08:20:14.022+00:002014-03-12T08:20:14.022+00:00Thanks for all the supportive comments. Louise, wh...Thanks for all the supportive comments. Louise, what a horrible situation - why should a girl have to put up with bullying just to play football? Its easy to see why girls get turned off, no matter how helpful the adults are. Hearing that makes me so sad - I'm sure you're not alone.<br /><br />This is why I really think girls football needs to start on more equal footing - ideally in something closer to 50/50 gender split teams but this will never happen, so I think the best solution for now is dedicated girls teams for primary age kids, with female coaches who could be good role models.Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-40245844268764892562014-03-11T20:18:43.821+00:002014-03-11T20:18:43.821+00:00I love football and did a football course when I w...I love football and did a football course when I was about 10, as I used to have a kick around outside with my brother and our neighbour (boy of the same age).<br /><br />I was the only girl. It wasn't the coaches that made it a horrible experience, it was the other boys who wouldn't pass to me, and generally picked on and made fun of me. The coaches did their best and were very encouraging, but I was essentially bullied for a week.<br /><br />Louisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-63233111566994416492014-03-06T09:28:05.195+00:002014-03-06T09:28:05.195+00:009259986862Just in case you did not see this.
http...9259986862Just in case you did not see this.<br /><br />http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/11042417.Diana_scores_in_UK_contest_for_top_mums/Jim Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-58121247902205078712014-03-05T23:12:03.056+00:002014-03-05T23:12:03.056+00:00In the mid 1980s I took a break from the wet Engli...In the mid 1980s I took a break from the wet English summer and coached at the All American Soccer Camp at West Long Brach New Jersey. The girls soccer squads who did college pre-season trainng were skilled, enthusiastic and were treated no differently from the boys who trained. America has a much more enlightened approach to women's football and their success in the world cup shows the impact of that attitude. Soccer / football was a game that any one could play and it enabled a lot of American women to get a low cost university education through scholarships. English women's rugby is poor as girls don't play rugby in schools in any serious way - unlike Irealnd where girls play gaelic football and camogie which are tough games. Changing to rugby is easy for them.Gedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489997690914451190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-35898422851520707982014-03-04T12:17:57.884+00:002014-03-04T12:17:57.884+00:00brilliant piece, couldn't agree more and I'...brilliant piece, couldn't agree more and I'm a sport-phobic male!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280106692487900902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-53723050710843678902014-02-26T11:16:08.938+00:002014-02-26T11:16:08.938+00:00I totally agree... just don't understand what&...I totally agree... just don't understand what's up with this country sometimes. With football, for instance, it would be so easy to introduce girls' teams. The infrastructure is already there at every park and school - and unlike badminton, hockey etc all you need is a ball, really, so it's easy for anyone to pick up. <br /><br />Netball and badminton aren't sports kids grow up seeing on telly etc., why shouldn't girls play football and rugby too. And don't get me started on basketball. My 14 year old stepdaughter was keen to play basketball at high school, but no girls team there either.<br />Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-48176892087983541212014-02-25T20:14:58.182+00:002014-02-25T20:14:58.182+00:00I think it's awful that schools support the id...I think it's awful that schools support the idea of sports for boys and sports for girls. It's a rant I constantly has throughout secondary school - boys got rugby, football, basketball tennis and gym sessions, girls got rounders, badminton, netball and gymnastics (weaker versions of the guys sports). My hatred towards this is partly why I put zero effort in in PE! Give me a roughty toughty sport any day.Beauty's Bad Habithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336625371343077874noreply@blogger.com