Basketball Ireland has launched ‘Shje Says’ a dedicated forum for female players, coaches and officials on its learning management system Helpside.
‘She Says’ will act as a space to share experiences, ask questions and interact with peers, with the ultimate aim to promote the continued growth and accessibility of women’s basketball and create an open dialogue between participants at all levels of the game.
“This forum is a result of direct feedback from women in the community, collected during strategic planning for our ‘Women in Sport’ programme,” said Basketball Ireland’s Women in Sport lead, Erin Bracken.
“I’m very excited to see it come to fruition. Helpside has been a great learning tool for coaches, so hopefully creating a dedicated female forum will be a success in encouraging more women to put themselves out there.”
The Helpside platform launched in February 2022, serving as a one-stop shop for coaching courses, a video library of drills and the ‘Read and React’ section, which allows coaches of different levels and experiences to ask questions and share ideas in order to improve their knowledge of basketball.
It has become a very popular tool for people involved in the sport at all levels throughout Ireland.
“This new forum is a key addition to the Helpside Learning Management System, added Online Learning Manager Niall McDermott.
“We hope female members from grassroots to high-performance find it a useful resource and help build an inclusive Basketball Ireland community for women. I’d encourage everyone to get involved and we would love to hear any feedback on how it could be improved and what features we could add in the future. Login, leave a post and let us know what you think.”
Sport for Business Perspective:
Creating shared spaces online where knowledge transfer can take place is something that was accelerated by Covid and which is developing as a really good thing to come from it. It will serve best those who choose to get the most involved but that is the same as in any environment whether on or offline. It may not be traditional but in the modern world it has a greater chance of engaging young players, coaches and officials.
