Play Like A Woman - Voices of Women in Sports: Making a Difference On and Off the Field

"When I tell guys I'm into sports, they often launch into "the quiz" - a boring test of my knowledge of teams and scores. If they tuned into Sports Up Podcast, they'd have much better questions." This is how New York Times winning podcaster Meredith Syms starts her groundbreaking book examining the intersection of human performance and sports and how women leaders are making an impact both on and off the playing field. Inspired by the early women pioneers in sports journalism and broadcasting, Syms created her own podcast, Sports Up, to share the stories of women leaders in the sports world and lift up young women athletes through their example. In the wake of 50 years of Title IX, Play Like A Woman recounts those interviews along with commentary, offering a comprehensive resource on the challenges women athletes, coaches, executives, managers, and journalists continue to face and suggests workable solutions. Play Like A Woman tackles many topics immediately relevant to today's women sports leaders such as mental health, discrimination and harassment, diversity and inclusion, body positivity, faith, courage, resilience, and above all, how sports can have a positive impact on human performance in all aspects of life, Women on the front line of sports share their stories and how they continue to "break the tape" for more women. You will hear from women leaders from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Vikings, the New York Yankees, Team USA Diving, University of Notre Dame, Dartmouth College, Smith College, the Tucker Institute for Research on Girls and Women in Sports, the Women's Sports Foundation, the Bay Area Women's Sports Institute, and more. Throughout, Syms shares her own perspective and experiences as a high school athlete and journalist. This is a must read for any woman contemplating a career in sports as it pulls back the curtain on what the day to day operations are really like and shows why the sports world continues to be a place where women's voices need to be heard.