Amplifying the Voice of Young Women in Sport
“Dear Coach, I really want you to know that each year as a young woman navigating the journey of the teenage years, my motivations change. I want to be healthy,...
Strength Training for Young Women: The Benefits for Female Athletes
When most people think of strength training, they imagine bulky men lifting heavy weights in a smelly gym. However, strength training is not just for guys – it can be...
Changing how we talk about young women’s bodies
The physical and social changes teenage girls go through can often push them away from sport. So we need to change the way we talk about puberty and periods, says women’s health in sport...
#itsmymove – encouraging young women to move their way
It’s been more than three years since Government launched its Strategy for Women and Girls in Sport and Recreation, and since Sport NZ responded with 24 commitments. Over three years,...
Young women’s engagement in sport in a ‘pandemic’ world
For many, the stop-start nature of sporting seasons, or the abrupt and prolonged cessation of training and competition, mean that they have lost important aspects of their social lives. During...
Parenting teen girls inside a world of expectation
Sport NZ spoke with teenage girls and their friends across Aotearoa to explore common themes around how they relate to physical activity. These factors combine to discourage girls from sport...
Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio on keeping the balance
Silver Fern netball captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio reckons she wouldn’t be playing netball right now if she had specialised early. Growing up in Bundaberg on Australia’s Queensland coast the specialist shooter...
‘I thought I was crazy’: cyclist’s painful endo battle
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. At least one in 10 New Zealand women suffer every month from endometriosis. NZ cycling champion Kirstie Klingenberg...
Breaking the silence on syndrome hurting female athletes
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. It’s the syndrome few people have heard of – or dared talk about – but RED-S is affecting...
