Women's Football

Women's Football provides a thorough, yet straightforward and accessible, analysis of the key physiological, biomechanical and social-psychological issues that can be applied to achieve women's footballing development.

Jacky Forsyth, PhD is an exercise physiologist, and has worked in various roles in academia, undertaking both teaching and researching. Her main priority and drive in research are about promoting, raising awareness and advancing understanding of the key influences which impact women in sport and exercise. She has published research articles on improving the health and exercise status of pre- and post-menopausal women. She co-founded the Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network with Claire-Marie Roberts for the purposes of connecting like-minded academics to promote and strengthen research into women in sport and exercise. Claire-Marie Roberts, PhD is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and a BASES Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist who is the Performance Director at Coventry City Football Club. She has worked in various roles in men's and women's professional football for 20 years, including nearly a decade at the Premier League leading transformational change in elite football development. She is a senior research fellow at the University of the West of England, a special advisor to Nike on women athletes, and a Trustee of Restart - the official charity of The Rugby Players Association dedicated to supporting elite men's and women's rugby players suffering from serious injury, illness or hardship. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles and has authored and edited three books.

1. Global Context and Organisation 2. Advancing Women's Football Through Strategic Holistic Workforce Development: Payment, Conditions and Policies 3. Match Demands and Physiological Determinants Naomi Datson, Ross Julian, and Barry Drust 4. Talent Identification 6. Menstrual Cycle Monitoring, Application and Implementation 7. Pregnancy and Motherhood 8. Sports Nutrition Needs 9. Eating Disorders and Elite Women's Football 10. Disordered Eating and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (Red-S): A Case Study 11. Psychosocial Development and Transitions 12. Mental Health in Professional Women's Football 13. Breast Health 14. Injury Epidemiology 15. Concussion 16. Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation 17. Reflection And Reflecting on Football Coach Education in Connection with Identity, Process and Practice