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She Can Coach: A Campaign in Support of Women Coaches

She Can Coach: A Campaign in Support of Women Coaches

Up2Us Sports is launching She Can Coach - a fundraising and awareness campaign focused on the importance of growing opportunities for women to coach and ensuring young girls in vulnerable communities have great female role models in their lives.

Research from the Women’s Sports Foundation and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports proves that girls drop out of sports at a higher rate than boys and that girls’ participation is strongly correlated with female role models.

Up2Us Sports Celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Up2Us Sports Celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day

On February 1st, we celebrate the 31st anniversary of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports. The theme this year is Expanding Opportunity. It recognizes the extraordinary progress sparked by Title IX and the ongoing effort to ensure access to sports togirls and women.  Despite the legislation’s impact, only 40% of high school girls are currently playing sports, leaving three-in-five girls without the opportunity to compete.

INFOGRAPHIC: Why Girls Aren't Playing Sports and Why They Should Be

INFOGRAPHIC: Why Girls Aren't Playing Sports and Why They Should Be

Up2Us Sports and its Coach Across America are dedicated to promoting girls participation when it comes to playing and coaching sports.  Today we celebrate the 30th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports.