Female Athletes
Carissa Moore Beats Defeat, and So Can You
STACK posts plenty of motivational pieces on finding your passion, but we never thought we'd hear an athlete admit to relearning to love their sport after a lackluster season. 2011 was a [...]
Kristina Santiago's Off-Season Basketball Training Program
After receiving honorable mention as a 2012 NCAA All American, Cal-Poly forward Kristina Santiago is preparing to embark on her professional career. As a small forward, Santiago has to be [...]
Softball Nutrition During Tournament Season
Did you find yourself struggling to get through the long weekend of games at your most recent softball tournament? Many athletes are injured and worn down during a tournament because [...]
Q&A With Softball's Francesca Enea
I have been lucky to have trained some of the best softball players in the world, including Francesca Enea of National Fastpitch's USSSA Pride. The former collegiate All-American from the [...]
Stay on the Field by Learning How to Prevent Softball Injuries
Unfortunately, almost every softball player eventually suffers an injury. Hopefully, yours will be minor, but whether it's a pulled hamstring or elbow tendonitis, at some point in your playing career, [...]
Benefits of Natural Hair Styles for African-American Female Athletes
Although it may seem trivial, at one point or another female athletes of all races have had to consider their hairstyle or its care based on their type of exercise [...]
Shop for a Good Cause with PUMA's Project Pink 2012 Collection
Glance at your team roster. Roughly one out every eight girls on your team will develop a form of invasive breast cancer at some point in their lives. That's a [...]
"Fries With That Cold, Raw Steak?" Lessons from the Rêve Tour
Rêve 2012's Kate Powlison, Kristen Peterson, Heidi Swift, Jennifer Cree, Kym Fant and Maria del Pilar Vazquez are some pretty amazing female athletes. As STACK reported earlier, these women made Tour de France history as [...]
Special Considerations for Rehabbing Female Soccer Athletes
Women use different muscles and biomechanics than men, and to properly heal injuries, women's soccer rehab programs need to take this into account. An unfortunate fact is that female athletes have [...]
Find the Right Zumba Class for You
Tired of the same old boring workout? Heat things up with the popular Latin-inspired dance program, Zumba. Zumba offers eight different classes, each catering to a specific experience level. Find [...]
