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Sisterhood in Sports How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete tells the stories of all kinds of female athletes in a variety of sports. Their natural tendency to use talking as a primary form of communication is essential to their experiences and successes in sports. Women and girls tend to have BFFs, collaborate during periods of stress, express empathy for one another, worry about themselves and others, and desire to have fun in sports, which makes their experiences of sports and competition different from their male counterparts. Female strengths are grounded in both mind and body, and they take these strengths onto the court, field, and track. There are now dozens of studies showing how the female brain and hormones operate quite differently than those of men.
About the Author
Dr. Joan Steidinger is a licensed psychologist, an Association of Applied Sports Psychology Certified Consultant, and member of United States Olympic Ccommitte's Registry of Sport Psychology. She has written columns for PsychologyToday.com and SFGate.com. She has worked as a sports psychologist for close to 30 years with offices in Mill Valley and San Francisco. She has numerous speaking credits to her name in the public and private sector, including a couple of years speaking at the Western States 100 mile Endurance Run training camp. In the 1990s, she was a competitive ultra runner and competitive Ride and Tie participant. You will still see her running the trails of Mt. Tam in Mill Valley, CA with her husband, JP, & two Golden Retrievers.2015 Multiple Awards for Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate & Compete:September - Readers Favorite - Gold Medal in Nonfiction WomensJune - Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards - Honorable Mention in Nonfiction Women's StudiesMay - International Book Awards - Winner in Nonfiction SportsApril - National Indie Excellence Awards - Winner in Nonfiction SportsMarch - Beverly Hills Book Awards - Winner in Nonfiction Sports
