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Rethinking Development in Women’s Football: From Performance to Lifelong Participation
What does it really mean to develop an athlete? For years, long-term athletic development has been the dominant framework guiding coaches, practitioners, and organisations. Built around structured stages such as “train to train” and “train to win,” it provided a much-needed foundation at a time when youth sport was largely adapted from adult models. But…
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Supporting Pregnancy and Postpartum Return in Women’s Football
Editor Carolyn Kent – Women’s Football Hub The landscape of women’s football continues to evolve, and with it comes a growing responsibility to better support athletes through all stages of life. One of the most significant developments in recent years has been the shift in how pregnancy and postpartum return to play are approached. In…
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Disordered Eating in Women’s Football: What We Need to See, Say, and Change
Editor – Carolyn Kent women’s football hub Disordered eating in women’s football is a topic that is often discussed quietly, if at all. Yet, as Dr Carly Perry shared in this episode, it is far more common than many people realise and often misunderstood. For coaches, practitioners, and players, understanding what it is, why it…
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Understanding Sex Differences in ACL Rehabilitation: What Female Athletes Need to Know
Editor – Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are one of the most challenging setbacks an athlete can face physically, mentally, and emotionally. While much of the conversation in recent years has focused on why female athletes are more likely to suffer ACL injuries, there is a growing need to shift…
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Building Team Resilience in Women’s Football: Insights from Dr Adrienn Szabadics
Edited by Carolyn Kent – Women’s Football Hub Resilience is a term we hear constantly in sport. We praise resilient athletes, we encourage resilient mindsets, and we assume resilience is something individuals develop internally. But when it comes to team performance especially within the rapidly evolving world of women’s football resilience becomes something far more…
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Women’s Football Hub Awarded £5,000 Grant to Launch First Playing Hub
Women’s Football Hub is proud to announce that we have been awarded a £5,000 grant through a partnership between Glasgow Caledonian University and Santander. This funding marks a major milestone in our mission to create accessible, empowering spaces for women and girls in football. A New Playing Hub for Women and Girls The grant will support the launch of our first…
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The Benefits of Football for Older Women: Why It’s Never Too Late to Play
Edited by Carolyn Kent – Women’s Football Hub For generations, women were told implicitly and explicitly that football wasn’t for them. Many grew up watching from the sidelines, helping with kits, or supporting men’s teams, never given the chance to step onto the pitch themselves. For countless women, especially those now in midlife and beyond,…
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The Legal Side of Brain Injury in Football
Editor Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has long been a topic simmering beneath the surface of world sport, but recent years have brought it directly into the spotlight. Football both in the UK and internationally can no longer distance itself from the mounting evidence that repeated head impacts carry long‑term neurological…
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Supporting Female Health in Grassroots Football: What Every Club Needs to Know
Editor Carolyn Kent – Women’s football hub Grassroots football is one of the fastest-growing areas of the women’s game, with young girls joining community clubs in greater numbers than ever before. Yet despite this growth, female health knowledge within grassroots environments still lags behind. Many coaches – most of them volunteers – want to help…
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Building a Women’s Football Franchise: Insights from Jim Gooley
Editor Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub In this episode of the Women’s Football Hub, I had the privilege of speaking with someone who has been at the heart of the women’s game in the United States for over fifty years. Jim Gooley’s work with the New Jersey Wildcats, Sky Blue FC, and later Gotham FC…
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