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The power of words is still something I'm learning on a daily basis. Working with youth in cricket, not only in administration roles but also through assisting in coaching, I've come to understand how language use can change a child's worldview in the cricket space. A small example: a few years ago, in my first year as a girls in cricket youth selector at WP, while writing my 3rd or so report after an indoor trials session, before submitting it, I had to go over a proofreading process I learned about through the founder of ICONOLOGY ZA . The process is as follows: - Is this gentle, but firm? - Did I realign identity titles to better language? - Does this address each person with compassion? - Did I contribute dignity to each mentionable? - Did I properly represent the player based on my observation? With just those few questions, I was able to learn the importance of replacing words: instead of "girls" when referring to a trialing player, I started consciously referring to them as "players" in my reports and made prominent use of each player's name while debriefing on the observed skills and playing capacities. As small as that adjustment was, it was impactful in my ability to view and assess players with compassion and credit their skill sets without dismissing factors contributing to each trial session or their personal skills sets. It also conditioned me to care, not just during trials, but about how I represent the players when I write my reports. As an older brother to two teenage sister who play cricket, I also noticed how referring to them as "players" changed how they perceive themselves within cricket. There is a holistic shift in self-realization when a teenage girl who plays sports is spoken to or about as a "cricketer" / "player". They too, in that moment, get to realize their role & remember their ambitions towards the sport. The more people around them condition their use of words, the better it becomes. With our attempts to maintain or reinforce professionalism around reporting and reports, correspondences become static, without feeling, without compassion. This ultimately conditions a system where the language we use is dissociative from the end user/consumer or "subject". When working with youth, professionalism with compassion is key to conditioning a culture of language use that is, in my limited vocabulary, "gentle" and "kind". We tend to be overly clinical and forget that at the end of a report, a microphone, an email is a person with feelings and emotions, and the "players" mentioned in those documents are not "subjects". Being clinical is advised, but we tend to forget to be gentle and soft. I do not, at the moment, have a refined way of expressing this, but I value the intuitive approach ICONOLOGY ZA has in relation to women's sports and how being an ally should be rooted in cognitive awareness of the nuanced delivery on how we structure comments, words, & identities. #cricket #sports #herstory #Four6Out

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Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth!! This March, we honor the resilience, achievements, and contributions of women around the world. 💪✨ 🚀 Did you know? #WomenOwned businesses are driving significant economic growth, with statistics showing a remarkable rise in entrepreneurship among women. From pioneering innovations to breaking barriers, #womeninbusiness are shaping industries and inspiring change. Here are some empowering stats to ponder #womenentrepreneurs