Tag: Kirsty Marie Hicks
A thoughtful roadmap for achieving high performance in women’s football while prioritizing player welfare
The edited collection Women’s Football by Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts (Routledge) 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. Our knowledgeable reviewer Payam Ansari in turn provides a useful introduction to this rich tome which offers cutting-edge insights into all aspects of women’s football, including match play, talent identification, eating disorders, and breast health.
How to make the most of being a woman – isn’t that the most empowering you’ve heard in a long time?
Kajsa Gilenstam is both really excited by and somewhat disappointed with Jacky Forsyth & Claire-Marie Roberts’ edited work The Exercising Female: Science and Its Application (Routledge). While the chapters together give us a better insight into the topic and really make for an important book for those interested in sport and exercise for women, she writes, there are also instances of gender biased assumptions.
