Making the Case: Coaching as a Viable Career Path for Women

PENNY WERTHNER

Penny Werthner

Penny Werthner, PhD, is a practising sport psychologist who works with many national team athletes and coaches. She is a professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa doing research in the areas of how we learn most effectively and performance stress and sport psychology.

Penny was the sport psychologist for the canoe/kayak team at the 2004 Olympic Games and is team sport psychologist with the national freestyle ski team. A leader and innovator in international sport and in women and sport issues, she is an NCCP Level 4/5 presenter for Tasks #7, #8, and #17. A former Olympic track and field athlete, Penny represented Canada internationally from 1970 to 1981.

le Journal en français

MAY 2005
Vol. 5, No. 3
Front Page
CONTENTS

Making the Case
Coaching as a Viable Career Path for Women

by Penny Werthner

Why We Need Women Coaches

How We Keep Women in Coaching

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