"Maya Barcella is one of a team of four S1 pupils at a South Lanarkshire school to win this year's Scottish #DigiInventors challenge - a nationwide contest run by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre. Maya, Sophia Barcella, Hannah Lee and Lucy Waters created TrainHer - an app designed to help girls build confidence and develop their football skills."
"Maya said: "From the start it felt like I didn't belong - the boys wouldn't talk to me or even warm up with me. "It was because of this we felt that creating TrainHer would help girls grow in confidence and encourage more girls to get involved." Her teammate Sophia Barcella, who plays for Motherwell FC, said she hoped the app would get the next generation of girls interested in playing football."
Maya Barcella and three S1 pupils from South Lanarkshire developed TrainHer, an app to build girls' confidence and football skills. The app includes daily challenges, leaderboards and rewards such as tickets to women's matches, and a community page for peer connection and support. The idea grew after Maya experienced exclusion from a local boys' team. The development team consulted other pupils and incorporated suggested features. Sport Scotland data shows fewer teenage girls meet recommended activity levels than boys. The project won the nationwide Scottish #DigiInventors challenge run by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre in partnership with Scottish Women's Football, and attracted praise from local and national figures.
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