She should know. Now she battles Microsoft as a product manager for Netscape Communications. Sports helped these women master the interpersonal skills, like teamwork, that many men take for granted. Same goes for work. Playing team sports helps with the little things, too.
Women learn to speak in sports metaphors as many men do.
Lisa Delpy, professor of sports management at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., also notes that in many companies a lot of business is conducted on the golf course, at ballgames, or at other sports events. Women who know the difference between a slide tackle and a sweeper at a World Cup soccer match can fit right in. Stephanie Delaney, now 31, captained the varsity soccer team at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., when it won the Mid-Atlantic conference championships her senior year. And yes, it helped sell french fries. I didn't close the deal on the court, but afterward when we were hanging out drinking water and shooting the breeze, they agreed to test my product.