women’s sports
One-way electronic communications OK’d for high school softball pitchers
Pitchers will now join catchers as the only players in high school softball permitted to receive one-way electronic communication from the dugout beginning with the 2027 season. [caption id="attachment_24405" align="alignleft" width="328"] Pitcher...
Q&A.D.: Branden Lippy on leadership philosophy, education-based athletics
[caption id="attachment_43786" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Branden Lippy, athletic director at Lampeter-Strasburg High School in Pennsylvania, has worked in athletics administration at the college and high school levels and emphasizes the import...
States can adopt 90-second possession clock for high school girls lacrosse
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has approved a 90-second possession clock for high school girls lacrosse beginning with the 2027 season, one of 10 changes approved by the NFHS Girls Lacrosse Rules committee at its Jun...
Study shows decline in women college head coaches
The percentage of women head coaches in NCAA Division I sports has decreased by 0.2% to 47.5%, the first decrease in the last 13 years, according to a June report from the University of Minnesota’s Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in S...
The hidden risk of sitting out girls flag football
Something is shifting in girls' youth sports right now, and the schools that don't see it coming are going to feel it in two or three years. I have been having conversations with parents and middle school athletes for months, and the picture t...
USTA Coaching, WeCoach partner to support tennis coaches
WeCoach, a nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting and retaining women in coaching, has partnered with the U.S. Tennis Association’s USTA Coaching platform to launch a new program called “Serving All: Aspiring Coaches powered by WeCoach.â€...
NAIA unanimously votes to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced a policy that bans transgender athletes from partaking in women's athletics. At its annual conference meeting earlier this week, the NAIA Council of Presidents unanimously vote...
Kentucky girls basketball coach resigns after sexual assault charges
A Kentucky girls basketball coach has resigned following sexual assault charges related to abusing students. William Trevor Goodson, 31, has been charged with first-degree sexual abuse, procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means...
