The goal of this strategically created resource is to: “develop a comprehensive set of best practices for secondary school coaches who find themselves coaching female wrestlers for the first time. We aim to provide evidence-informed information and collaborate with national wrestling organizations in unified support of the girls wrestling movement.”
The resource includes a simplified document, Coaching Girl Wrester’s Quick
Guide, with links to additional resources, videos, and an expanded version
housed on the Wrestle Like A Girl website.
Among the Coach Developers sharing their expertise are:
Colorado – Eric Everard
Indiana – Katie (Downing) Kriebel
Maryland – Jacque Davis Nebraska – Ray Maxwell, Les Painter
New York – Emma Randall
Ohio – Dr. George Shore, Brian Nicola
Oregon – Trent Kroll
Pennsylvania – Brooke Zumas
Washington – Andrea Yamamoto
Additionally, we reached out to a group of athletes and coaches to “give an athlete to-coach perspective on how to develop an inclusive culture in their program.” This group included; World and National Team members, college athletes, high school athletes, and USA Wrestling’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee members.
Click for Best Practices Quick Guide
Project Lead and Wrestle Like A Girl’s Athlete Activation, Tela O’Donnell Bacher said:
“Coaching Girl Wrestlers: Best Practices captures the collective wisdom from an incredible group of coaches and athletes. The Best Practices Quick Guide gives easy, to-the-point tips for coaching girl wrestlers with links to videos and resources, and the Best Practices Expanded document takes a deeper dive into each topic. This resource will support a positive experience for both coaches and athletes in the fastest growing high school sport in the nation: girls wrestling.”
For more information, contact WLAG Athlete Activation, Tela Bacher at
tela@wrestlelikeagirl.org
Coaching Girl Wrestlers: Best Practices is now available on
https://wrestlelikeagirl.org/coaching-girl-wrestlers