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Bowling Green State University Athletics
25th NCAA Women Coaches' Academy Class
Young Builds Skills at 25th NCAA Women Coaches Academy
January 11, 2012 | Women's Golf
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- As a new semester commences and the Bowling Green State University women's golf team begins its winter training, Falcons' head coach Stephanie Young will use the skills and knowledge that she gained at the 25th NCAA Women Coaches' Academy to help prepare the team for what she hopes is unprecedented success in the spring.
Young recently attended the five-day Academy, which was held last month in Denver, Colo. and was sponsored by the Alliance of Women Coaches (AWC).
According to the NCAA and the AWC, the Academy is designed to give coaches an opportunity to understand their expanding role as a coach. It also strives to give those coaches a set of perspectives and skills that will help them succeed. The event allows coaches to interact with peers in their field so that they can gain support and learn new tools and strategies.
Young said, "The intense five-day agenda was filled with valuable education, interactive group work and times of inspiration and networking."
The WCA presented Young and her classmates with three objectives.
The first was skills development. This includes topics such as management strategies, decision-making, communication skills, ethics and leadership. Second was retention. This objective is meant to help coaches to remain in the profession by helping them gain confidence to set career goals and be more successful. The final objective was mentoring. This goal was meant to provide a framework for interaction between women in all areas of athletics.
These objectives are met through a four-part curriculum. This curriculum includes philosophy and fundamentals of coaching, which focuses on Title IX and gender equity, history and culture of women's sports, learning styles and teaching methods. Coaches are also taught in the area of management, which specific focus on ethics and legal issues, as well as marketing. The curriculum also features learning in the areas of communication skills and career development.
Young said, "The WCA impacted me both professionally and personally. The education and experience gained will certainly fuel our entire graduating class in striving to be the best coaches we can be. This will utlimately lead to allowing our student-athletes to do the same, which is why we coach."
The WCA enters its tenth year of existence in 2012. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics supported an initiative in 2002 to train, support and retain women's coaches. There have now been 25 editions of the WCA. They are open to any coach from any sport in any division. To date, well ove 600 coaches have taken part in the experience.
Young said, "It was a privilege to be a part of the 25th NCAA Womens Coaches Academy. It was an incredible opportunity to hear from such experienced faculty and learn alongside coaches from many different sports and divisions."
Young is in the middle of her sixth full season as head coach of the BGSU women's golf program. During her tenure, she has coached some of the best players to ever come through the program. Her coaching has resulted in a near total re-write of the team record book and several individual tournament victories.
She continues to strive to build the program in a team-first fashion with the ultimate goal of team victory. During the first half of the 2011-12 season, BGSU earned second- and third-place finishes among their six tournaments -- the best team results for the program in nearly two years.
The team resumes its 2011-12 season on March 25 when it travels to Hilton Head, S.C. for the 2012 Low Country Intercollegiate.
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