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EMMA ROSS

For a coach to get the best out of their female athletes, the research suggests and the evidence really spans from high performing Olympic level athletes right through to girls participating in sport, that the quality of the relationship between the coach and the athlete is really important to females.

And what that means is that coaches need to invest in that relationship because it means a lot to their athletes and they get confidence and motivation from that. So being interested in their life, in things that are happening outside of the sport, what that athlete has done today or been on holiday.

Really investing in the quality of that personal relationship between coach and athlete is something that will really help support the performance of that female athlete. In male athletes, there tends to be more value placed upon the quality of the coach. So how well has that coach done in the past? How many really good performers has he or her supported?

And the quality of the relationship is of less value but actually for female athletes, the emphasis is placed upon the quality of that relationship between coach and athlete.