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Health and Wellbeing

The health and wellness of female soccer players is paramount. In this section you'll learn all about issues surrounding the menstrual cycle, ACL and concussion prevalence in female players. We also speak to coaches about managing their own stress and mental wellbeing.

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How to build and maintain physical resilience

How to build and maintain physical resilience

From better warm-ups to movement quality, strength and conditioning specialist Erica Suter Mulholland provides her advice on reducing cha...
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Eating disorder? Or disordered eating?

Eating disorder? Or disordered eating?

Dr Rebecca Robinson on the subtle differences between the two terms - and the role of a coach in helping players who may be struggling.
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Molly Bartrip's journey

Molly Bartrip's journey

Aged 14, Molly Bartrip was in the grip of ‘Ana’ – a name she gave her anorexia. Now, the Tottenham star explains to Steph Fairbairn how c...
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How disordered eating impacts female players

How disordered eating impacts female players

The risks to athletes go far beyond matchday. Here’s what you need to know.
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Eight tips for having a tricky conversation about disordered eating

Eight tips for having a tricky conversation about disordered eating

How to best go about discussing concerns about disordered eating with a player.
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How to support female soccer players with eating disorders

How to support female soccer players with eating disorders

Kate Walsh laments a lack of research on disordered eating in female soccer players - but says coaches can still support players in their...
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Eating disorders and elite female athletes

Eating disorders and elite female athletes

’One in three elite athletes’ have an eating disorder. That’s the alarming stat one study of sportswomen showed. Riley Nickols, an expert...
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Advice for training with endometriosis

Advice for training with endometriosis

Using expert opinion from medical professionals, Joanie Cox-Henry lays out five broad tips on how to minimise uncomfortable symptoms whil...
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Women's Soccer Coaching Issue 41
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    Endometriosis: a player's experience

    Endometriosis: a player's experience

    Player, coach and teacher Beth Lowe gives her insight into dealing with the condition and has advice for coaches if any of their squad are ...
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    7 tips for a healthy work-life balance

    7 tips for a healthy work-life balance

    Juggling a full-time job with part-time or volunteer coaching can be very tiring. Chris Bennett advises how to structure your life and claw ...
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    Lifting the stigma on mental health issues

    Lifting the stigma on mental health issues

    Wellbeing coach Alex Munns explores the impact depression and anxiety can have on players and how coaches can help to build a supportive ...
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    Wellbeing: the art of listening and sharing

    Wellbeing: the art of listening and sharing

    Hannah Duncan talks to West Ham United Women’s Jenny Coe about how the personal touch is boosting player performance in a diverse dressing ...
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    Tough at the top

    Tough at the top

    Elite players are fitter, stronger and play the game faster than ever. Naomi Myhill casts her eye over training data from England’s top two ...
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    Does coaching have a women problem?

    Does coaching have a women problem?

    With the vast majority of US soccer teams at all levels from youth to pro led by men, Linda Flanagan asks: where are all the female coaches?
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    Mental skills training is in your job description'

    Mental skills training is in your job description'

    October 10 was World Mental Health Day. Kassie Gray, of Female Footballers, explains why coaching your players' mentality is more important ...
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    Coaching, Covid and the ‘emotional tank’

    Coaching, Covid and the ‘emotional tank’

    You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. Jeremy Gordon, coach of an U19s girls’ team, explains how lockdown made him realise what he ...

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    Top sleep tips to boost players' performances

    Top sleep tips to boost players' performances

    You snooze, you lose? Not necessarily — tactical naps, sleep banking and lie-ins should all be encouraged by coaches, says sleep scientist D...
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    Your players and their mental health

    Your players and their mental health

    ‘Connection before correction’ — FA coach developer and mental health instructor Mark Rivers says focus on the person first and players ...
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    7 tips for coaches to manage wellbeing and mental health

    7 tips for coaches to manage wellbeing and mental health

    Coach developer Simon Millington offers solutions to keep you centred
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    5 tips for fuelling during summer tournaments

    5 tips for fuelling during summer tournaments

    Nutritionist Reilly Beatty offers advice on how your players can survive the heat
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    Fuelling the female footballer

    Fuelling the female footballer

    Eating the right foods in the right quantities at the right time helps players maximise performance and prevents injury. Nutritionist TANYA ...
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    How coaches can protect players from doping risk

    How coaches can protect players from doping risk

    USADA's Tammy Hanson tells Hannah Duncan that conversation and education are vital in preventing young athletes from falling foul of rules
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    Strength in numbers

    Strength in numbers

    Strength and conditioning training has become a must, even for non-elite clubs. Here, S&C specialist JEANNE RANKIN explains how it took off,...
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    Returning as a player after starting a family

    Returning as a player after starting a family

    Wales’s record goalscorer Helen Ward writes exclusively for WSC with her advice to clubs on the physical and mental challenges that face ...

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