space in the newspapers of the time. This indicates that mass media continued to overlook female athletes. 14 In this study, we focus on the historical development of women’s football in Turkey, its historical turning points, and the future. Newspapers serve as important archival documents for
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In the Mirror of the Past: A History of Women’s Football in the Republic of Turkey
Yavuz Demir and Salih Tiryaki
“The Club Management Ignores Us”: Gender-Power Relations in Women’s Football in Turkey
Pınar Öztürk and Canan Koca
Women’s football has long been on the agenda of feminist sports scholars in the West ( Cox & Thompson, 2000 ; Scraton, Fasting, Pfister, & Bunuel, 1999 ). Studies draw attention to the gender-related issues in football, from the hidden history of women in the game ( Williams, 2017 ) to the
The Professionalization of Women’s Football in England and its Impact on Coaches’ Philosophy of Practice
Emily J. Sleeman and Noora J. Ronkainen
Women’s football is globally experiencing unprecedented growth and public interest, and in many countries, both players and coaches have emerging possibilities to make a full-time income from the game. In England, The Football Association proposed a new strategy for women’s football, focusing on
Becoming Fans: Socialization and Motivations of Fans of the England and U.S. Women’s National Football Teams
Rachel Allison and Stacey Pope
, 2014 , 2017 ; Radmann & Hedenborg, 2018 ; Toffoletti, 2017 ; for exceptions, see Dunn, 2016 ; Guest & Luijten, 2018 ; Toffoletti et al., 2019 ). Lack of attention to fandom in women’s football is a major omission given that “interest in women’s football is at unprecedented levels” ( Cleland, 2015
Sporting Gender: Women’s Footballing Bodies as Sites/Sights for the (Re) Articulation of Sex, Gender, and Desire
Jayne Caudwell
Past and present participation in the game of football (soccer) by women and girls in the UK is mostly through organizational structures and legal and discursive practices that differentiate players by sex and incidentally gender. In this article, the author argues that the emphasis on sex and gender differentiation in football underpins a sporting system that is unable to move beyond sex as pregiven and the sex/gender distinction. The author engages with feminist–queer theory to illustrate how sex, gender, and desire are regulated in order to uphold social relations of power. The focus on women’s footballing bodies demonstrates how the sexed body is socially constructed to inform gender and sexuality. In addition, the author highlights resistance to the compulsory order woman-feminine-heterosexual and presents examples of rearticulations of sex-gender-desire.
Thirty Percent of Female Footballers Terminate Their Careers Due to Injury: A Retrospective Study Among Polish Former Players
Monika Grygorowicz, Martyna Michałowska, Paulina Jurga, Tomasz Piontek, Honorata Jakubowska, and Tomasz Kotwicki
more often, and competitions are more attractive both for the fans and sponsors. In order to increase the number of girls/women playing football, the Women’s Football Committee in the Polish Football Association (WFC-PFA) has developed a long-term strategic plan, 3 where one of the priorities is to
Jumping Test for Assessing Peak Power in Female Volleyball and Football Players
Marcin Krawczyk, Mariusz Pociecha, Paulina Kozioł, Aleksandra Stepek, and Gabriela Gębica
, M. , & Hartmann , U. ( 2014 ). Women’s football: Player characteristics and demands of the game . Journal of Sport and Health Science, 3 ( 4 ), 258 – 272 . doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2014.10.001 10.1016/j.jshs.2014.10.001 Nikolaidis , P T. ( 2014 ). Physical fitness in female soccer players by
Initial Ball Flight Characteristics of Curve and Instep Kicks in Elite Women’s Football
Alison Alcock, Wendy Gilleard, Nick A.T. Brown, John Baker, and Adam Hunter
Initial ball flight characteristics of curve and instep kicks were investigated. Fifteen international female footballers performed curve and instep kicks from a distance of 20 m from goal and at a 1 m2 target. Seventeen Vicon cameras tracked three-dimensional coordinates of four reflective markers adhered to the ball. Ball flight characteristics were quantified, and the coordinates of the ball relative to the target center were recorded. The lateral launch angle and the angle of the spin axis relative to the horizontal best predicted the horizontal placement of the ball relative to the target. The vertical launch angle, antero-posterior velocity and amount of backspin best predicted the vertical coordinate. Regression models demonstrated how carefully controlled the flight characteristics must be with launch angles constrained within 3° to hit the target. Curve kicks were characterized by significantly greater lateral and vertical launch angles, increased sidespin and spin about the antero-posterior axis, and a more vertical spin axis. This information is beneficial for coaches in training players to achieve the characteristics required to score a goal and avoid a defensive wall. For example, if players consistently kick above or below the target, these findings identify the variables that will help rectify that error.
A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women’s Football in Britain
Kathleen E. McCrone
An xG of Their Own: Using Expected Goals to Explore the Analytical Shortcomings of Misapplied Gender Schemas in Football
Sachin Narayanan and N. David Pifer
-watched women’s football match in broadcast history. Accordingly, an increased number of job opportunities have coincided with the continued progress of professional women’s football. Many of the same roles traditionally available to sport managers in the men’s settings have become available to aspiring
