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Health, Sports & Psychology
Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
In this article, Dr Nichola Kentzer considers resilience as a key factor in supporting athletes' disrupted journeys towards Olympic success.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Adventure sports have crossed over into the mainstream and Candice Lingam-Willgoss explores the appeal of these exciting activities.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
As Germany gears up to host the men’s Euros this summer, Steph Doehler explores developments in modern football and their impact on Euro 2024.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
This free OpenLearn course is designed to help anyone whose life is affected by the menopause. No matter what gender you identify with, this transitional phase can affect people in all sorts of ways, so this course is open to all. The objectives are to empower everyone, by increasing knowledge of what the menopause is and the effects it can ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
How are Muslim women represented by the media and what implications does this have on their participation in sport? Rukhsana Malik draws on her own experiences in this article.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The rise of the Roses
With the Netball World Cup being played this summer, attention returns once again to the potential of the England Roses to achieve success and inspire a nation.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?
With a summer of women’s world cups soon to be upon us, this article looks at why participation in team sports such as netball is a vital factor in the quest to close the gender gap and encourage more women to be active.
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Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?
The summer of 2023 is turning into another significant one for women’s sport. Alongside the women’s football world cup and the women’s Ashes cricket series we also have the Vitality Netball World Cup.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
In this article Simon Rea explores the issue of sub-concussions in women’s sport and why research is so important to prevent long-term injuries.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Issues in women’s football
In these three audios, Dr Carrie Dunn discusses a number of important areas of women’s football.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How inclusive is women’s football?
Despite it being an important site for gender equality, not everyone’s experiences in women’s football are the same.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Life after sport: giving back
For many athletes the transition into retirement and beyond can bring with it challenges, not least the prospect of a new and unfamiliar future.