Are you a coach, teacher or parent involved in a female sports club? Then you don't want to miss this online workshop!!
1 in 5 girls drop out of sport and physical activity in their teens. Interested in playing your part in resolving this unfortunate statistic…… this is another webinar for you!!
Galway Sports Partnership presents a second webinar with Orna Murray, to delve a little deeper into the challenges facing teenage girls in physical activity and sport.
Orna is co-founder of Move2B, a platform that aims to provide information and evidence based solutions to prevent teenage girls from disengaging or dropping out from sport and physical activity. She holds a BA in Applied Psychology and an MSc in Health Psychology as well as having represented Ireland in the U.S. as a high performance athlete in athletics.
Orna has worked as part of a sport science team supporting Olympic athletes and has competed herself at an international level, so draws on a wealth of knowledge and experience in the topics being discussed.
Workshop Content:
– Recap on the last webinar: 'Understanding Teen Girls Physiology in Physical Activity'.
– Myth Busting,
– Strength & Conditioning,
– Injuries,
– Relationship with food (challenges of kit/puberty),
– Keeping it fun.
For more information, contact Loraine or Karen in Galway Sports Partnership on galwayactive@galwaycoco.ie
