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Welcome to the Coaching Team

Welcome to the Coaching Team

Stevie Biltcliffe28 Jun 2022 - 15:54
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Coach Laura Greene

Head Coach Steve presents Laura with her 'Level 1 - Introduction to Coaching' certificate.

"Thank you Coach Steve and Coach Hayley for organising everything so that I could pass my Introduction to Coaching Award and be part of the Abingdon Eagles coaching team!!

I am really excited about this as I've been watching my daughter's Summer and Roxy play basketball on a Saturday morning for ages and I've been itching to get up and join in because they look like they're having so much fun.

Basketball has been a sport that Ive always wanted to learn ever since school, but as a girl we only had the option of netball and it has always bothered me that some sports are gender stereotyped.

I want more girls to know that they can play basketball too and gain the confidence and enjoyment that sports give us! Being a skateboarder I have found it very intimidating walking into a skatepark that's filled with guys but if I see another girl there I feel so much more
comfortable. I want the same for basketball. I hope that if we have more girls coaching and playing basketball it will encourage even more girls to walk onto the basketball court and know that they belong there too.

Seeing Coach Hayley on the court did this for me! And now I look forward to learning more about basketball and being an Assistant coach and help the kids to learn, gain confidence and have fun!"

Congratulations Laura

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