Initiatives to Drive Sport Coaching as a Profession in Singapore and Recommendations for Career Deve

Lack of Women Coaching Men’s College Basketball and its Reasons in Singapore

Question 1: Discuss how you would explain to sport coaches like Coach Roger the various initiatives to drive sport coaching as a profession in Singapore. What recommendations would you give to assist in their career development? Question 2: In pages 55 – 59 of the article above, the suggested reasons for the lack of women coaching men’s college basketball include the following: - a glass wall effect - an old boys’ network versus an old girls’ network - influences on coaching intentions - issues of fit and overcompensation - issues of respect a) Identify any three of the suggested reasons above and discuss with examples how they affect female coaches in Singapore. b) Recommend measures for the coaching community to overcome these situations in Singapore. You may consider the following points: • Current societal/historical issues • Importance of female coaches in sports • Strategies to increase more female coaches Question 3: You are in a moral dilemma with the decision to include Lisa in the team’s selection and taking up the sponsorship from Mr Lim. a) Using either the Deontological OR Consequentialist decision-making process, elaborate in detail how you would reach your decision. b) Explain your rationale in the selected decision-making process. Describe some of your past experiences where you used the same decision-making process.