WORKSHOP: Game On Leadership Training

Location: Virtual

Description: 

Rowing BC is looking for female youth athletes to be involved in a pilot of the Game On Leadership Program.

Across Canada, as many as one in three girls leave sport by age fourteen. In 2019, 43 percent of adolescent girls in Canada cited that the quality of sport programs available to them was a barrier to their participation. When girls leave sport prematurely, they miss out on the potential for improved physical health, higher self-esteem, increased social competence, greater academic performance, and stronger leadership abilities. In addition to the personal benefits, retaining girls in sport and creating avenues to pursue leadership positions in sport increases visibility and representation for the next generation of girls to foster positive relationships and be inspired through sport.

The Game On activities are designed to be safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate, building social connections, offering positive experiences, and increasing girls’ understanding of the value of sport in their lives. Any Junior (youth) rowers who identify as female are encouraged to attend.

Each week, participants will learn new life skills such as confidence, teamwork, goal setting, and communication to enhance their current experience in sport and to foster leadership in their lives beyond sport. Through positive coaching and role-modelling, participants will be given the tools they need to become leaders in sport, encourage others to participate, build a community of women and girl athletes, and stay in the game.

Rowing BC will be hosting this eight-week program virtually on Thursday evenings from 7:30-8:30 PM from Feb. 3rd to Mar. 24th.

Registration: No cost to attend, but pre-registration is required. Sign up HERE.