An athletic trainer explains why bodies need time time to acclimatize, and the risks to watch out for.
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About 10 million US children are chronically absent from school.
When schools ask student-athletes about their menstrual cycles, they may be infringing on anti-discrimination and privacy laws.
The US National Women’s Soccer League was recently rocked by revelations of sexual abuse. But research shows that physical and verbal abuse is also disturbingly common in organized sports.
The first two weeks of preseason training are the toughest as players’ bodies acclimatize to running hard in the heat. An exercise scientist explains the risks.
Often dismissed as ‘horseplay,’ sexual assaults perpetrated by boys athletes against their teammates persist in high school sports, a researcher observes.
A new book explores physical culture in a social and historical context, focusing on colonial settings.
Governments spend millions to try to get kids moving but these interventions may be short-lived, or only benefit a group of kids. Our program is cost-effective and can work long term.
Nine in ten parents agree school uniforms should support their kids to be active. That’s only one reason schools should let kids wear sports uniforms. They’re also cheaper and kids prefer them.
Since there is no typical transgender athlete, broad rules don’t seem appropriate. But that’s exactly what legislation seeks to do.
New legislative proposals want to allow ‘sex testing’ of girl athletes through genital exams and genetic and hormone testing.
Our experts offer safer ways to bring back amateur sports.
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Assistance Professor of Athletic Training, West Virginia University
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Professor (Public Health), University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Athletic Training, University of South Carolina
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
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PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle
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Pro-vice-chancellor Research, Australian Catholic University
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Assistant Vice President for Translational Science and Clinical Research Innovation, Wayne State University
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Professor of Political Science, Hamline University
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Doctoral Student in Community Research and Action, Binghamton University, State University of New York
