“…While the increased pressure for female athletes to be so-called ´superwomen´, who can succeed at everything, may support female athletes' athletic and academic excellence, it also positions them as inferior to men and vulnerable to psychological distress (Ryba et al, 2021). Although previous studies have shown that there may be gender differences in adolescent athletes' achievement motivation both in the domains of sports (Hanrahan & Cerin, 2009) and academics (Arens & Watermann, 2021), few studies thus far have specifically examined gender differences in student-athletes' motivational orientations in DC contexts (as an exception, see Viljaranta et al, 2022). Moreover, while the role of coach in athletes' sport motivation has been extensively investigated (e.g., Amorose & Anderson-Butcher, 2015;Knight et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2016), only a few earlier studies have aimed to understand the role that coaches play in athletes' school motivation and whether the role of coaches is gendered (Saarinen et al, 2020).…”