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Nyibol Gatluak

MYSTERIOUS: Women s leadership in sports sends positive message - You Need To See This

Fewer Australian kids participating in community sport are exposed to coaching by women. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

More women undertaking roles in coaching and officiating in community sport can positively influence childhood gender perceptions.

A Victoria University study involving a survey of 75 children and their parents, has found kids are overwhelmingly coached by men. The four to 17-year-olds played sports including Australian rules, basketball and swimming.

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