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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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Why Neck Training Could Be the Missing Link in Women’s Football: Insights from Dr. Theo Versteegh
Edited by Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub Neck training isn’t usually the first thing players, coaches, or even clinicians think about when considering injury prevention in football. Strengthening the hamstrings? Absolutely. Core stability? Of course. ACL prevention warm‑ups? Standard procedure. But ask most teams what they’re doing to train the neck and the room suddenly…
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Understanding Hypothalamic Amenorrhea in Female Football: Why It Matters More Than Ever
Edited by Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) is one of the most significant yet under-discussed health issues affecting female athletes today. Despite its prevalence, athletes, coaches, and clinicians often miss the early signs, leaving many young women at risk of long-term health consequences that extend far beyond the pitch. In a recent…
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Identity and Belonging in Football: A Deeper Look with Dr Ian Cookson
Identity and belonging sit at the heart of every football environment. They influence how players see themselves, how they interact with their teammates, and how they navigate both the successes and the setbacks that shape their careers. In a recent conversation on the Women’s Football Hub Podcast, I sat down with sport psychologist Dr Ian…
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Why We Should Relax Our Pelvic Floor: Lessons from Physiotherapist & Pilates Instructor, Chloe Evans
Editor Carolyn Kent Women’s Football Hub When most people hear the phrase pelvic floor, the first thing that springs to mind is usually Kegel exercises. For years, the message delivered to women, especially athletes has been that the pelvic floor needs strengthening. “Do your Kegels” has become a universal piece of advice, often offered with…
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