Host of Opening the Playbook, a podcast about women in sport. Tune in each week for your latest dose of #inspo from some of the biggest names in the game.๐๐งโฌ๏ธ
โI am honoured and grateful to the Lions organization for providing me the opportunity to make this significant step in my coaching career."
#BCLions hire Tanya Walter as the first full-time female coach in @CFL history ๐๐ฝ
#BlueJays hire Jaime Vieira as a minor-league hitting coach via @shidavidi. She's the first woman to coach in the Jays organization https://t.co/gXqdi83j27
AP sources: The Yankees are promoting Rachel Balkovec to manager of the Low A Tampa Tarpons, making her the first woman to skipper a team affiliated with Major League Baseball.
by @jake_Seiner https://t.co/pplUR9EIIO
Sports Psychologist @abramowiczd joins #OTP to discuss being a high level mental health coach (2020 French Open champ Iga Swiatek is a client), her tools and tricks for athletes, and the current state of mental health in sport.
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2 X Scotties Tournament of Hearts champ @KEinarson joins #OTP this week to discuss her love for the game, her teamโs success, family tragedy, and her road to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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We are 100 days out from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and 2 X Olympic champ @Catrionald joins #OTP to discuss her illustrious speed skating career and latest role - Chef de Mission for Team Canada and everything that it includes.
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4 BCHL officials to become the first all-female crew to work a Canadian Junior A game
Grace Barlow, Megan Howes, Melissa Brunn and Colleen Geddes will all work this afternoon's game between Langley and Surrey.
RELEASE: https://t.co/GFrDrBC6OJ
She was the 1st female GM in the @WCLBaseball and now also Pres of the @CorvKnights - a team that just won its 5th straight title.
@BreUnfiltered is now 1 of 4 female GMs in the league and shares why she thinks women have found so much success.
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Laurence Vincent Lapointe was a 2X medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in Canoe Sprint - the first time women could compete in the event at the Games. On #OTP she discusses how far women have come and talks about her overturned suspension.
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When facing adversity, some people give up, but not @empty_kate. She went from competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics to fighting for her life. Now sheโs come out on top with a Silver Medal in Track Cycling at the 2020 Paralympic Games. #womeninsports
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The US Soccer Federation has announced it has offered identical contract proposals to the players associations of the men's and women's national teams ๐บ๐ธ๐
From Super Bowls to PR, @amandawhitelaw has done it all. Tune into the latest episode of #OTP to hear her journey through the world of sports production, which has led her to the role of COO for @TonyFayPR. Ready to be inspired?
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As girls enter adolescence, their overall participation rate in sport drops by 22 per cent.
The Keeping Girls in Sport module addresses common motivators/barriers for girls & gives coaches/sport leaders the tools on how to keep them engaged in sport.
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Mountaineers @evacapozzola and Pascale Marceau are the first women to climb Mt. Lucania, Canadaโs third highest peak. Tune into #OTP to hear about their trek, teamwork, and empowerment they gained from completing a womenโs first.
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We tend to focus on the success but never really talk about the struggles. This week on #OTP, @Dangerous_Cliff shares her journey towards the 2016 and 2020 #Olympic Games, only to come up short both times - and how she overcame it.
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The #TokyoOlympics are here and Canadaโs best female #BMX racer Drew Michielsen is set to compete. Sheโs just the 2nd woman ever to represent #TeamCanada in the sport at the Games, and shares her path to Tokyo this week on #OTP.
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