EP.88 - Training For the Female Athlete, advice from 13 years in the WNBL

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Welcome to her very first Podcast Senior coach Tennille!!!

Tennille and Durham share their experiences working with elite and junior female athletes while Tennille provides some unique insights into what it’s like being a female coach and athlete.

Resources to go with this one:

First of all a great article and explanation of the Q angle and how it relates to knee injuries in females.

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/knee-pain/q-angle

And when Durham talks about female athletes giving less effort in the gym due to fear of becoming too bulky (complete bogus if your programming is correct: intent does not increase hypertrophy, but that’s a whole other topic…) they are really missing out on a concept called the intent to move principle: we have spoken about it at length here: http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2016/intent-to-move?rq=intent