On this episode of Catch Good Health® Radio, Erica talks with Lindsey Darvin, PhD about women and girls in sports.

Dr. Darvin is an Assistant Professor in Sport Management at the State University of New York College at Cortland, and a gender equity researcher. She earned a PhD in Sport Management from the University of Florida, an M.S. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Sport Management, and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in Political Science. Dr. Darvin was a two-sport NCAA student-athlete in basketball and lacrosse during her time as an undergraduate.

Together, they discuss the benefits of sports for women and girls; equity in opportunities, funding, and promotion; aggressiveness and socialization; lifelong sports; athletes and off season workouts; recruiting more women as coaches and officials; and investing more in women’s sports and promotion.

To follow Dr. Darvin and SUNY Cortland’s Sport Management Department on Twitter, click here: @DrLindseyDarvin @CortlandSPMG

You can check out SUNY Cortland’s Women in Sports and their Barrier Breakers podcast here.

Also- a shout out to the Women’s Sports Foundation and all the great work they do.

If you’re a woman who was/is an athlete, please consider coaching and/or officiating. Our athletes need more of us out there. Let’s break the remaining barriers together.

And finally, don’t forget- good health is contagious…pass it on!