Making the Play with Dave Briglio – Episode 12

About d’Alary

d’Alary Dalton is a Sports Based Youth Development Professional and Soccer Coach with extensive experience in coaching and teaching; research; management; and highly knowledgeable on youth development through sports. She has successfully coached children and young adults in highly competitive as well as recreational environments.

d’Alary was a staff member on the New Mexico Youth Soccer Association and an Olympic Development Program coach for more than 4 years. In addition, she started the women’s soccer program at Holy Names University while working toward her master’s degree in Education and completed her master's thesis on an evaluation of Sports4Kids (now Playworks). From this she became particularly interested in the long term impact sports programs have on self-esteem as a component of the development of character in children. d’Alary went on to complete her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership where she focused her research on teaching life skills through participation in sports.

 this Episode:

• What are the difficulties of organizational change in competitive sports and how to overcome it.
• Essential program elements to successfully recruit and retain women coaches
• Avoiding burnout: as a coach too – it’s not just for players…
• The importance of challenging gender norms in sports, and ways to make good changes
• How sports improves women’s health, beyond being more fit