Equity issues - women and girls
How to improve equity in the sport of tennis
Equity issues - women and girls
How to improve equity in the sport of tennis
Now, as a mother of a three-year-old, leading businesses and investments, I have a very different perspective. And my everyday routine is very different. But I still get to carry all the disciplines of my sport.
The lessons I learned throughout the years are applied every single day. I'm just so grateful for them. The patience, the tenacity, being
... See moreSpeed beats perfection when conditions demand decisive action.
As ever with Riddle, the decision goes beyond just what looks good.
“A lot of the girls that find me through those sorts of videos about the outfits or whatever start watching the matches. Then they start getting favorite players, and then they start learning about the scoring and that sort of thing.
“So it’s kind of a gateway into a true love of the
... See moreThis work is part of a wider project, funded by Sport England and led byWomen in Sport to transform the experiences of women in coaching. We know the challenges are deep-rooted: societal attitudes, gender bias, hostile cultures, unequal access to opportunities, an impossible work-life balance. To make the change there needs a united, strategic appr
... See moreWomen’s tennis has always been at the forefront of the fight for equal pay, status, and coverage. Yet, their finances have had to be saved by China and now Saudi Arabia, whereas nowadays, a league like the WNBA is growing on a foundation of activism and seems ready to become the new women’s sports leader. A bit ironic, no? Like, tennis did the job,
... See moreStill, to exist as a female tennis player in 2024 is to endure what can feel like endless slights: the micro-aggressions baked in; the structural inequality foundational to a sport run mostly by men; stark set-piece examples of inequality that can be hard to comprehend and harder to endure, for their magnitude, their reasoning, or more commonly bot
... See moreWhen you have a game-changing insight you’ll often have to repeat it for 5-7 years before people start to really get it.
When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there
Dan Heath • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard