Task 6 500 word essay

 Piggott (2020) researched that a wide range of nations and regions have identified sport leadership as being gender imbalances and gender inequitable. Piggott also found that gender balances boards have a positive impact on an athletes overall performance. As well as this, it is argued that women bring in new and different and improve the atmosphere. Some positives from this research include that more women can become role models when being a leader or a coach towards younger athletes. This will increase the chances of more women getting involved in sports physically or as a coach in the sports industry. Another positive from this which relates to more female athletes being role models is that this will help increase participation for younger female athletes. This is a positive because more younger female athletes will be able to take part in a variety of sports because they have been coached by a female athlete who is their role model.

 There are also barriers which influence gender imbalance of sorts leaders include img gender discrimination, gender stereotypes, gendered language, gender expectations and gendered dress codes. These barriers are experienced by individual sports leaders. 1 barrier is gendered dress codes. According to Bustle.com, men must wear full length trousers, whereas women must wear a skirt. This has become a rule for the Olympics since 2018. This is due to an Olympian’s buttocks we’re exposed during competition. Therefore female Olympians must wear short skirts to avoid this happening. The rule also states that too much nudity being shown will result in a penalty. It is also stated that the Olympians are not allowed to wear branded gear or products during the games. Other sports such as handball have dress codes as well. According to the International Handball Federation, women’s bottoms must have a “close fit” and be “cut on an upward angle towards the top of the leg”. Also the side must not exceed 10cm. The Norway woman’s beach handball team were fined 150 euros each  by the governing body for this in 2016.

This is like this as it is known that men are better than women in sports. These sports require strength, explosiveness and speed. Sports would include football and rugby. This is due to the males having a higher muscle mass and also have a volume of body fat which is between 4-12% whereas women’s is between 12-23%. However women are said to be better at sports which require endurance. This includes marathons. Another sport/activity which suits females is climbing. This is because of the smaller weight and flexibility of females. In order to move forwards, they could show more female sports coverage live on tv. This is because channels such as ESPN and Fox Sports focus on male sports. Although the women’s Euros was shown live, the women don’t get as much air time as men. This also leads to a less wage for females. Different medias state that women athletes and women sports are not as important. To improve this, different sports like rugby, football and basketball could be shown love for female coverage as well as male coverage.