In Her Boots takes Kiltullagh | "It's just unbelievable what they're doing" | OTB x Aviva
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What is the In Her Boots program and its impact on Kiltullagh?
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For me, In Her Boots was life-changing, really, actually. So for a club, it's been huge. And again, the In Her Boots just kind of, we grew on top of that, and the In Her Boots has just kind of been a platform that we've driven off of.
It's such a community. It's not coming up to train with your team. It's coming up to train with your family. Like, it's just, it's beautiful here.
Hi, my name is Julie Lewis. I play for the senior women team, also for the over 35s. I am a coach for the under 13 girls and for the under 18 boys.
Not busy at all, so Julie? Flat out. Julie, we're here to chat about the Aviva In Her Boots programme. If you could just start off by telling us a little bit about the programme, maybe how you got involved in it in the first place.
So back in September, So Mick Finn, who's a fantastic person in the club, fantastic advocate for female soccer, and he sent in a message saying the In Her Boots was on in Eamon Deasy Park. So I was kind of humming and hawing, which is so much to do. And I said, you know what? I'm involved in female teams.
How has the In Her Boots program changed the club dynamics?
I play myself. I was like, you know what? Let's go. Went in and I was blown away. First of all, the two women that were in there were fantastic, Claire Conlon and Emma Flaherty. And they were absolutely... I could have listened to them all day. They were so engaging. I learned so much myself. It was brilliant. So we were kind of going... You know, the stuff they were talking about was so relatable. So we were kind of going, what? I came away from it. And I was just... couldn't get it out of my head so days later i was coming back to it and i was like oh my god like we're good in the club but we could be better so i came away going there's stuff that we're saying we can bring into our own club so i was there going do you know what let's talk to a few people um went and spoke to um she's behind us here emma and i was like what do you think about if we do a pilot program for the girls if we do something for the girls in the club
And because I'm involved with the under 13s, I was like, this would be ideal. Let's use the girls that I'm with because it's easier. So we did. We spoke, brought in Melissa, who's does strength and conditioning and stuff like that. So we're like, OK, so we actually came up with a plan and we put a pilot scheme together and we are at the end of that this week. Ah, go away! So we're at the end of it. At the end of this phase. There will be another one, hopefully. And it was, when I say the difference in the girls physically, and we're testing them actually this Friday, coming, reassessments, but the difference in them in the space of 12 weeks is absolutely mind-blowing. So I just am so excited of what else we can bring.
I also have, let's say, four kids myself. Three girls and a boy. And I saw the difference, let's say, in what my son at the age he was at. What he was... What he was... What was at his disposal, basically. So he was in with the county in sports and he was, like, in the gym. Strength and conditioning. Nutrition. All that was involved at his age group. And there was nothing like that for my daughter at the same age. And I was kind of going... this this this isn't right let's try and improve all that basically and that's where we came from with what we're doing now at the moment so for me in her boots was life-changing really actually brilliant had you done much coaching before doing the in her boots program so i would have coached with obviously the girls and because i'm a female player myself but for me actually which was really interesting i learned even bits about myself i didn't was not involved in sports at that age
wasn't confident enough to be involved in sports.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the In Her Boots program and its impact on Kiltullagh?
0:00–1:24
2
How has the In Her Boots program changed the club dynamics?
1:24–4:17
3
What personal experiences led to involvement in the In Her Boots program?
4:17–5:58
4
What improvements have been seen in the girls' team after the program?
5:58–9:19
5
How do female coaches feel about their role in the club?
9:19–11:52
6
What challenges do female athletes face in sports today?
11:52–14:23
7
How does community involvement enhance girls' participation in sports?
14:23–16:21
8
What future developments are planned for the Kiltullagh club?
16:21–32:13
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