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Teamwork on the field & at work.(1 WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND EARLY CHOICES)
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Regional Review
- Article date:
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January 1, 2005
- Author:
- Levy, Paul F.
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ONE WAY THAT PEOPLE LEARN TEAMWORK, informal mentoring, and other workplace skills is through participating in sports. Yet, many women of my generation did not get a chance to develop these talents since they had fewer opportunities to participate in organized athletics when they were young. I came to understand the importance of sports from my own experience: My passion--all the rest is a hobby--is coaching girls' soccer, something I have done for the last 15 years.
My goal as a coach is to create an environment that rewards risk-taking, discourages criticism, and acknowledges the girls' desire to have social relationships while they play. In this environment, the girls ...