Who Are We?

The Women’s High Performance Sport Community Group is an action orientated space for those working in high performance sport that are passionate about growing women’s sport and access for women in sport to learn, build relationships, solve shared problems and share those learnings with the wider performance community.

What’s Coming Up?

Our upcoming community calls, breakfasts and events.

Community Call: Women’s Health – what’s important right now?

15 October (6pm AEDT; 8am BST)

Women’s Sport Breakfast – The Sport Performance Summit London

13 November 2024

// Intelligence Hub

Women’s High Performance Sport Content

A selection of content from our intelligence hub focussing on and featuring women’s sport and women working in high performance sport.

17 Jul 2024 • Article

How Sport Wales Is Challenging the Lack of Support and Education Around Female Athlete Health

21 Jun 2024 • Article

Leading Women: What’s the Key to Creating Sustainable Organisations in Women’s Sport?

10 Jun 2024 • Podcast

Five Years on from the USWNT Introducing Menstrual Cycle Tracking, Sports Science for Female Athletes Remains Under-Developed. So What Can Athletes and Practitioners Do about it?

3 Jun 2024 • Podcast

Paige Bueckers Proved Her ACL Injury Was Behind her at March Madness, but, as Andrea Hudy tells us, Questions Must Still Be Asked about the Injuries that Afflict Female Athletes

Members Only

24 May 2024 • Article

How Soon Can Better Biomechanical Data Become a Reality for Female Athletes?

16 May 2024 • Article

It’s Time to Remove the Barriers to Self-Development for Women in Sport

16 May 2024 • Article

Plenty More Can Be Done to Support Women’s Talent Pathways – Never Let a Lack of Funding Be an Excuse

Members Only

6 Mar 2024 • Article

Female Athlete Health: What Is your Current Focus and Where Are the Opportunities?

29 Feb 2024 • Article

‘When Women Get the Opportunity on Talent Pathways they Can Thrive and Change the Game’

Members Only

11 Jan 2024 • Article

Female Athlete Health in Focus: The Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Skill Acquisition and Development

Members Only

2 Jan 2024 • Article

Female Athlete Health in Focus: How the Wrong Bra Can Impact on Performance

19 Dec 2023 • Article

How Different Is it Coaching Men’s and Women’s Groups?

13 Dec 2023 • Article

How Australia Is Taking Steps to ‘Fix the Leaky Pipeline’ in Women’s Coaching

23 Nov 2023 • Article

‘I Hated Having a Female Coach – But Here I am Coaching’

8 Nov 2023 • Article

Taking Steps Towards Building Performance Strategies for All Athletes in Women’s Sport

Members Only

13 Oct 2023 • Article

Maria Sharapova: ‘It’s One Thing to Have Analytics – What Do you Do with Them?’

18 Oct 2023 • Article

What Next? Six Ways to Continue to Make Women’s Sport Scalable and Sustainable

26 Oct 2023 • Podcast

Keiser Series Podcast: Emily Hall – Queensland Rugby League

25 Sep 2023 • Article

Four Factors Driving Development in Women’s Sport

6 Aug 2023 • Event

‘Renewaball’ – The Worlds’ First Circular Tennis and Padel Ball

Members Only

14 Jul 2023 • Article

Former New Zealand Captain Rebecca Smith Talks Tech, Wellness and Injury Prevention

We’re thankful to those who have contributed to initiatives that have helped shape the Women’s High Performance Sport Community.

Community Contributors

Community Contributors

High Performance Coach Development Senior Lead
Australian Institute of Sport

Sports Scientist
Orreco

Women’s First Team Physiotherapist
Chelsea FC

National Coach
Tennis Australia

Clinical Fellow
UK Sport Institute

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
University College London

Female Athlete Performance Physiologist

Coach Development Lead
The Australian Institute of Sport

Professional Cricketer
North West Thunder

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