Female Athletes
Soccer Agility Drills for Women
Soccer is a sport that is very dynamic and involves a lot of directional changes within a game. Developing multidirectional speed in female soccer...
WNBA Season Preview: New York Liberty Forward Essence Carson Returns From a Torn ACL
THUMP! Thump-thump. Essence Carson, forward for the WNBA's New York Liberty, hammers out a set of box jumps at The Hospital For Special Surgery on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In [...]
Brittney Griner’s New Memoir ‘In My Skin’ and Her Anti-Bullying App Project
WNBA player and NCAA champion Brittney Griner hasn't always been at the top of her game. Growing up, she had to deal with more than her fair share of negativity [...]
Can Neck Strength Reduce Concussions in Women’s Soccer?
Girls soccer ranks second only to American football in the number of reported concussions [1]. Many measures have been taken to address and manage brain...
Female Athlete Weight: How Low Is Too Low?
Female athlete weight is always a sensitive subject even though female athletes typically have a better idea of healthy weight and healthy body image....
Lacrosse In-Season Training for Women
You have spent the off season preparing for this moment. You feel faster, stronger, and more confident than you did last year. All the long hour of hard...
5 Boss Gym Moves From Skylar Diggins
Tulsa Shock point guard Skylar Diggins is putting in serious work. As one of the WNBA's most heavily marketed players, she's been having a busy off-season, filled with traveling, training [...]
WNBA’s Tina Charles & Safe Kids Worldwide Promoting Sports Safety
photo credit: Oscar Espino Former University of Connecticut Husky and WNBA All-Star Tina Charles has teamed up with Safe Kids Worldwide to promote sports safety. Charles’s Hopey’s Heart [...]
3 Essential ACL Injury Prevention Exercises for Female Athletes
In my previous article, I discussed some of the causes of ACL injuries in female athletes. However, it's critical that we go in depth about what we can...
Why High School Softball Pitchers Don’t Throw Fastballs
There is a trend with fastpitch softball pitching at the high school level where the majority of pitchers do not throw their fastballs in games. A...