minimal coverage of women’s sport; highlighting female athletes’ appearance, femininity, and heterosexuality; consistently lower production quality of women’s sport coverage; and uninspired and lackluster coverage of women’s sport ( Fink, 2015 ; Musto et al., 2017 ). Perhaps most important to consider is
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Divergent Perspectives: Post-Title IX Sportkids’ Views of Female Athletes
Katie Sullivan Barak, Chelsea A. Kaunert, Vikki Krane, and Sally R. Ross
Hyponatraemia in Female Athletes
Dr Emma Derbyshire
Purpose of the Paper
Previous research has evaluated the prevalence and aetiology of hyponatraemia in athletes, particularly for ultra endurance events. However, few papers have focused specifically on the incidence and effects of hyponatraemia in female athletes. The aim of this paper was to review and collate previous research that has investigated hyponatraemia in female athletes and explain how excessive retention of free fluid may influence female performance and health status.
Design/Methodology/Approach
The most up-to-date and pertinent studies within the literature have been included and summated in this review.
Findings
The findings from this overview indicate that women participating in endurance events are particularly susceptible to developing hyponatraemia. It is important that women do not have depleted sodium concentrations prior to an athletic event, hypotonic fluid should not been consumed in excess and carbohydrate solutions (4-8g carbohydrate per 100ml fluid) should be consumed when women participate in intense exercise, lasting for longer than 1 hour. It is fundamentally important that up-to-date rehydration guidelines are imparted to active females and the dangers of over-ingesting fluid need to be emphasized within this vulnerable population.
Originality
This paper gives a concise, up-to-date overview on how hyponatraemia can affect female athletic performance and health status.
Wellness amoung First Year Collegiate Female Athletes
Janna LaFountaine
As more campuses begin to address the needs of athletes in general, and female athletes in particular, more research assessing current wellness behaviors on the part of female athletes can be used to improve the support available while providing guidance with regard to the kinds of programs and outreach efforts that will make the greatest positive impact on female athletes. The purpose of this study was to compare the wellness behaviors of female athletes and female non-athletes to gain a better appreciation for the factors that affect female athletes and the steps that can be taken to assist athletes in proactively working toward a level of wellness that they can sustain throughout their lives.
State Versus Professional: A Case Study of How Chinese New Media Construct Elite Female Athletes
Qingru Xu and Peggy J. Kreshel
athletes as a national group (e.g., Xu & Armstrong, 2019 ), leaving how Chinese media frame traditional state athletes and emerging professional athletes largely unaddressed. In the current case study, we explored media portrayals of two elite Chinese female athletes: Ding Ning, a state athlete, and Li Na
Using the Larry Nassar Case to Create a Coach Education Module to Prompt Social Change
Leslee A. Fisher
significant others understand how their own actions have strong and lasting effects on female athlete well-being. For the purpose of the current paper, the focus is on how this research can be used to educate coaches about both “. . . what to do (ethical leadership), as well as what not to do (abusive
Progress of Female Athlete Representation in Research Influencing International Conference on Concussion in Sport Consensus Statements: An Evidence Review
Sydney Asselstine, Jason Krystofiak, Michelle Gorbonosov, and Diana Toto
including preadolescent, para, and, as we will focus on, female athletes ( Patricios et al., 2023 ). Female athletes have been found to have higher incidence of concussion in sports with comparable rules and more prolonged symptoms ( Harmon et al., 2013 ; McGroarty et al., 2020 ), and yet they remain
Girls, Women, and Female Athletes in Sport Psychology: A Decade-Long Review of the Literature
Alex Murata, Cailie S. McGuire, Madison Robertson, Mia KurtzFavero, Jennifer T. Coletti, Philip B. Simpson, Ella Pierone, Luc J. Martin, and Jean Côté
( Coakley, 2017 ). This trend is reflected in the average salaries of female athletes and women in the top professional sporting leagues in North America and Europe, who make approximately 90% less than athletes playing in equivalent male/men’s professional leagues ( Leano, 2020 ). Additionally, as
Are Coaches of Female Athletes Informed of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport? A Scoping Review
Jennifer Hamer, Ben Desbrow, and Chris Irwin
of the condition ( Logue et al., 2020 ). Additionally, coaches do not adequately perceive the seriousness of the detrimental health effects of long-term LEA on female athlete health ( Lassiter & Watt, 2007 ). This may partly reflect an absence of RED-S education and/or professional development being
Sports Supplements and Female Athletes: Reality, Risks and Recommendations
Mike A. Perko, Ronald D. Williams Jr., and Marion W. Evans
Sports supplements use is reality in the 21st century and the global sports world is enmeshed daily in media coverage and debate. Traditionally much of the focus has been on male athletes but the tide is shifting toward the rapidly evolving culture of the female athlete. Little is known about the use rates, reasons, and effects of sports performance supplements among females. This article examines female athletes and sports supplements with emphasis on historical influence, realities for the female athlete, risks involved in performance enhancement, and future recommendations.
Rethinking Community: Introducing the “Whatever” Female Athlete
Michelle T. Helstein
Community is a powerful construct in the discourses of both feminism and sport, and so it is not surprising that it is a preeminent virtue in attempts to speak about, to, or for female athletes. In its popular conceptions, community is desired and celebrated as individuals coming together based on a solidarity, harmony, or agreement around an essence. In sport scholarship, the specific meanings, implications, contradictions, and effects that govern this particular understanding of community have remained unexplored. Thus, the aim of this article is to use the work of poststructural theorist Jacques Derrida to deconstruct this notion of community in an attempt to open up the concept of community to new theorizations and political uses. It will involve the introduction of Giorgio Agamben’s concept of the Whatever singularity, or in this case the Whatever athlete and its place in new possibilities for community in feminist sport contexts.
