Wendy Pak

IB Business Management Teacher; BComm, BEd, MEd-Coaching Studies, OCT. NCCP certified soccer and hockey coach. Passion for coaching and sports administration.

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

Ridley’s 1st Girls Hockey team with the @NiagaraSledge having loads of fun learning a new way to play hockey.
#RidleyAthletics #RidleyCommunity

[Hayley Wickenheiser @wick_22]

6 pts? Whatevs! 🇨🇦❤️ LFG!

[Ridley Rowing @RidleyRowing]

As our Tigers get set to kick off this year's CSSRA regatta, one can only marvel at the success of our program at this event! It begins with our students, but thrives because of our incredible coaching staff, volunteers, and generous alumni.

CSSRA Totals: 93🥇 | 85 🥈 | 67 🥉

[Ridley College @Ridley_College]

As the CSSRA regatta kicks off today, we are proud to highlight the extraordinary students whose dedication and passion for rowing drive our mission. These young athletes, whose training and perseverance are central to our campaign, greatly benefit from your generous support.

Jade Postma ’25 and Sydney Swick ’25 are Grade 11 rowing partners from St. Catharines. The decorated pair recently won gold in the Jr. Women’s 2x at this year’s Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia, PA, and secured top-five finishes at last year’s CSSRA Championships. Read more: https://t.co/xlS5WpcVXz

Support Ridley Rowing: https://t.co/KjSHPRZRoT

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

It’s a beautiful day for @RidleyAthletics Golf Team at CISAA Golf Championships @GolfLionhead. Warming up for their round. #ridleycollege #Ridleygolf

[Mayor Mat Siscoe 🇨🇦 @MatSiscoe]

Hey @St_Catharines - let’s push @CYOMinorHockey over the top!

Hit the link, vote for CYO, and please RT and share this post!

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

@ESPNFANSUPPORT I did my picks for Pigskin Pick'em this week and I have a screenshot showing I had completed 12/12 picks but my Cleveland vs Indy is showing not selected. Can this be rectified please?

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

@CanadaSoccerEN @Ticketmaster Very disappointed that I could not access tickets for my daughter to see @CANWNT play in Halifax. Was in right off and could not see seats then got kicked out and then was 617 in line then game sold out. I hope more tickets become available.

[3four3 @3four3]

The #USWNT's current struggles are something that has been evident over the past 5-10 years and, to a lesser but still noticeable extent, since the 90s.

The women were never truly "great."

They never played technical or tactical football - two keys to playing the game to its highest potential. Instead, they mostly played the *mindless athletic type of game one can see on 99.9% of American youth, amateur, and pro soccer fields every day.

The women were just like the men, and in many ways worse.

But unlike the hyper-competitive and globally developed men's game, the rest of the world was not even slightly progressive and never cared for the women's game. In fact, the state of the women's game around the world is more aptly described as "which women's game?" It didn't really exist.

So, of course, our women dominated.

This is not meant to take away from the achievements of the individuals of the past.

"You can only play who is in front of you, blah, blah, blah ...",

but if we want to understand what's going on, we can't turn a blind eye to reality. Even if that reality hurts some feelings and challenges long-standing [incorrect] beliefs.

In the past 10 years or so, the world has become more progressive with respect to women and has allocated resources towards their infrastructure and development.

The result?

With just a modest amount of resources allocated to women's soccer elsewhere in the world, the gap with the #USWNT, which appeared insurmountable, rapidly shrank to the point we're at now.

The fact that just a fraction of the resources that the US allocates could cause the gap to shrink this much in less than a generation illustrates how much deep institutional knowledge and culture ("it's in the blood") matter.

To think that the current #USWNT coach is the culprit is superficial.

To think that "youth development" is the culprit is also superficial.

This is the result of an institutional, system-wide architecture.

One, which by the way, works just fine in the absence of true global competition (e.g. American Football, Baseball, Basketball, and for the time being, Women's soccer).

A simple perusal of my Twitter history shows I've been sounding this alarm for a while: https://t.co/s1Bz7ndr0V

Without a change in the root US architecture (a non-merit-based one), and with continued investment by overseas countries, the end result is that the women's advantage will continue to erode and approach the same global standing as the US men.

No doubt the #USWNT will still be a contender in the next World Cup. Beyond that, maybe not so much. But the expectations that they steamroll and strike fear into others are artifacts of the past.

[jamescovey.bsky.social FC @HFXCovey]

Sweden WNT proving once again that IKEA instructions are not the only Swedish thing designed to frustrate Americans for two hours #WWC2023

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

Dear Parents

Playing on a “losing” team may just be the best place for your child to build the character to lead a life of passion and commitment.

Or we can run to the bench of a “winner” and hope that status alone will build relationships and resilience.

#TOVO

[Ben Steiner @BenSteiner00]

The odds were always going to be against Canada heading into this World Cup with the injuries to key players, including Beckie and Scott.

But it's also clear negotiations with the Canada Soccer were a distraction and impacted this team.

It needs to be sorted out.

[SHE scores bangers @SHEscoresbanger]

A class act. She passes on the torch to the younger few, but this wasn’t how it was meant to happen. A very polite post game interview by Sincy.

[CANWNT @CANWNT]

Thank you Canada 🇨🇦

#WeCAN

[Canada Soccer @CanadaSoccerEN]

Check your DM's! Our winners have been contacted! ✉️

#WeCAN

[Canada Soccer @CanadaSoccerEN]

Win a @CANWNT Prize Pack 🎁

We're giving away 5x boxes of merch to 5 random people who retweet this tweet!

Must be following @CANWNT and @CanadaSoccerEN!

#WeCAN

[Ridley Athletics @RidleyAthletics]

CISAA Championships here we come! Down 1-0 at half, First Girls Soccer stormed back to defeat TCS 5-2 in semifinal action. Special shout out to Lizzy Musset ’25 who helped secure the victory with a hat trick! 🧡

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

Another beautiful day for the Ridley Golf team at Remington Parkview Golf and Country Club.
#Ridleyathletics #RidleyTigers

[Wendy Pak @wendy_pak]

@Ridley_College goes up 3-0 in First Girls Soccer action at Hillfield. Goal scored by Caitlin!
#Ridleyathletics