WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS project is a joint effort of 5 ice hockey federations (IHFs) in a Donau region and will indicate challenges and barriers for girls and women in hockey project as: Social Implications: girls experience social isolation in the hockey environment; Psychological Implications – girls experience low motivation and loss of interest due to lack of girls-only programs; Structural Implications – lack of opportunities to participate in teams, leagues, and club programs; Competitive Implications – lack of events and tournaments from international to grassroot levels. The addition of the Women ice hockey camps will promote the following: -Enact a “Players are People” vision to develop future hockey players and better young women; -Build a female hockey player development pathway – create a new generation; -Create a shared place for girls to play with girls and feel the belong in hockey; -Motivate young girls through role models and leaders Project will: -Build a community of coaches who are committed to the female game from grassroots to high performance levels; -Learn on and off ice female hockey specific material; -Share ‘best practices’ during ‘real-time’ competitions. -Provide real-game learning opportunities and these would be provided by a women higher performance competition; -Facilitate learning from other countries and an opportunity to exchange best practice. We have to promote: -Recruitment and Retention strategies and skills – share best practices among clubs – how to activate programs at the club level; -Events – organize more female hockey events - staging club tournaments for girls and hosting international women’s hockey events; -Psychological and Social Challenges for Girls in Hockey – strategies to overcome barriers and develop effective programs. Top-Down Change – EuroCup will stimulate federations and clubs to increase programs and drive participation of girls at younger levels.