8.30 to 9.30am - Arrival, registration and refreshments
Registration: Lower Ground floor, The Spanish Steps, Student Life Building
Refreshment area: Student Zone Area, Upper Ground floor
9.30 to 11am - Conference Welcome and Keynote
Welcome and introduction to LJMU and WiSEAN.
Keynote
Advocacy, activism or anarchy. What’s driving change in women’s sport?
Location: Room 208 and 209
Presenter: Sue Anstiss, MBE
Chair: Professor Greg Whyte, OBE
10.30 to 11am - Refreshments
Location: Student Zone Area, Upper Ground floor
11am to midday - Free communications
Session 1a: Women in Football
Location: Room 206, Second Floor
Chair: Dr Stephen McQuilliam
Understanding how match status and possession status influences the match-play characteristics of youth female football players
Authors: Dr Alice Harkness-Armstrong, Prof Kevin Till, Dr Naomi Datson and Dr Stacey Emmonds
We’re the future of women’s football; we just don’t know it yet! We're the future of women's football; we just don't know it yet!
Author: Dr Laura Wallace
Women Researchers in a ‘Man’s World’: Advancing a New Theoretical Tool Through the Gendered Challenges of Undertaking Research in Men’s Football
Authors: Stacey Pope and Dr. Jess Richards
Exploration of Elite Japanese Female footballers' acute cultural transition experiences in Europe
Authors: Kotone Hirose and Dr. Carla Meijen
Session 1b: Psychology and well-being in women's sport
Location: Room 207, Second Floor
Chair: Dr Rebecca Murphy
Sociocultural predictors of compulsive exercise behaviours in adolescent girls
Authors: Kalli A. Reynolds, Prof. Emma Haycraft and Dr. Carolyn R. Plateau
Determinants and Barriers to Help-Seeking in Rugby Players who Identify as Women
Authors: Shakiba Moghadam, Neil Weston and Paul Gorczynski
Developing bioscience-informed technology to integrate and optimise health and performance in female athletes: Insights from a pilot study on mood and behaviour change
Authors: Claire Stewart, Sandra Ortega-Martorell and Joly Zou
“A mental health game-changer”: Embodied experiences of the psychosocial, body image and wellbeing outcomes from strength and resistance training during perimenopause
Author: Nova Deighton-Smith
Midday to 1.15pm - Lunch and Poster presentations
Lunch and networking
Location: Student Zone Area, Upper Ground floor
Poster presentations
Location: Student Zone Area, Upper Ground floor
Evaluating the sports bra fitting and issue service within British Army Basic Training
Authors: Jenny Burbage, Paines E, Milligan GS, Tipton MJ, Rawcliffe AJ and Roberts AJ
Knee Flexion Angle at Landing in Various Dynamic Tasks: A Potential Screening Tool for ACL Injury in Females
Authors: Raihana Sharir, Muhammad Hidayat Jamaludin, Ezhan Iqbal Zulkiflie, Radin Rafeeuddin and Radin Dzulfakar
A job task analysis to identify Basic Training activities that place the highest demands on the breasts of female recruits
Authors: Emily Paines, Burbage J, Milligan GS, Tipton MJ, Rawcliffe AJ and Roberts AJ
Consumers are unable to perceive changes in sports bra support levels
Authors: Nichola Renwick, Brogan Jones, Chris Mills and Joanna Wakefield
Pitch Surface Does Not Impact Markers of Fatigue, Recovery and Readiness to Play Following Elite Soccer Matches
Authors: Faye Bennett, Andisheh Bakhshi, Jordan Milsom, Viswanath Unnithan and Barry Drust
Contributions of Low Carbohydrate Availability (LCA) to Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in Female Distance Runners
Authors: Melissa Lodge, Christie Ward-Ritacco and Kathleen Melanson
How Are How Periods Cramping Our Style: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Dr Mabli Wyn Davies, Anaesthetics Trainee and Expedition Medic, Dr Karl New, Sports and Exercise Lecturer and Researcher
An Investigation into the effect of Biological Maturation on Performance Metrics in Academy Female Footballers
Authors: Mairead Slevin, Stephanie Valentin, Michael King, Chris Easton, Andrew D White and Laura J Forrest (nee Whyte)
Moving Through Motherhood: Supporting physical activity during and after pregnancy
Author: Malika Felton
Differences In Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage Between Females Using Monophasic Oral Contraceptives and Females with Eumenorrheic Cycles
Authors: Chapman, A., Burt, D. and Forsyth, J.
Coaches’ ability to support elite and adolescent soccer players throughout their menstrual cycle and associated performance implications
Authors: Julia Donnelly, Dr Eilidh Macrae, Dr Stephanie Valentin, Prof Chris Easton, Dr Andrew White and Dr Laura J. Forrest (née Whyte)
The ABC’s of Pre-Participation Screening During Pregnancy
Author: Marlize De Vivo
Voices Unheard: Exploring Adolescent Female Athletes’ Perspectives on Menstrual Cycle-Related Communication in Sport
Author: Cherianne Taim
1.15 to 2.30pm - Symposia
Session 2a: The Score on Women’s Football
Expert Perspectives and Personal Stories
Location: Room 206, Second floor
Moderator: Amy Whitehead
Presenters:
- Kevin de Keijer (Strength and Conditioning Coach, London Lionesses)
- Jenny Coe (Head of Performance and Wellbeing, West Ham Women FC)
- Dr Naomi Datson (Reader in Sport Performance, University of Chichester)
This symposium will take a multi-disciplinary perspective to support and research within the female football game. We bring together practitioners and a researcher to consider the key considerations within the support of female footballers and discuss considerations for the future of the game. This session will be discussion based with lots of opportunity for Q&A.
Session 2b: The inclusion of trans women in sport
One step forward, two steps back
Location: Room 207, Second floor
Moderator: Dr Colin Lewis
Presenters:
- Natalie Washington (Pride Sports)
- Blair Hamilton (Lead investigator of the Tavistock Transgender Athlete Study, University of Brighton)
The inclusion of trans women has received much attention recently in the world of sport. However, the discussion and debate seems to have centred around opinions, rather than science, facts, human rights or participant voices. We wanted to therefore shine a light on this important issue. This session aims to draw on both empirical research and personal experiences to discuss the inclusion of trans women in sport.
2.30 to 2.40pm - Transition and comfort break
Grab a coffee
Location: Social space, Second floor
2.40 to 3.40pm - Free communications
Session 3a: Experiences of Physical Activity
Location: Room 206, Second floor
Chair: Prof Lynne Boddy
Autistic women's experiences with physical activity
Author: Patrick Jachyra
Possibilities and challenges of shaping co-produced physical activity research through an intersectional lens
Authors: Dr Toni Williams and Ms Rebecca Edwards
LGBTQ+ young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage linked to gender and sexuality
Author: Caroline Dodd-Reynolds
Assessing the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity amongst Women in Southeast England
Authors: Hannah Hersant, Katherine Paice, Shannah Anico and Elizabeth Smith
Session 3b: Women and girls in sport and exercise lightning talks
Location: Room 207, Second Floor
Chair: Dr Tori Sprung
Power, privilege and advocacy: transforming sports business management
Author: Dr Hanya Pielichaty
An exploration of power relations in competitive, non-elite artistic gymnastics: exploring gender disparities in artistic gymnastics in England
Author: Karen Broughton
You Got Chicked; Representations and Identities of Women In Ultra Running
Author: Bethan Taylor-Swaine
Female Recreational Runners: Are Active Partners a Help or a Hindrance?
Author: Ann Holmes
Explaining “the enjoyment gap”: Sociocultural predictors of undergraduate women’s affective experiences of exercise
Author: Megan Hurst
Diet culture and generational conflict in the #almondmom trend on TikTok
Author: Hester Hockin-Boyers
3.45 to 4.45pm - Keynote
Where do we start?
Science, research, applied practice or popular opinion
Presenter: Professor Greg Whyte, OBE
Chair: Dr Becky Murphy
Location: Rooms 208 and 209
4.45 to 6pm - Sightseeing bus tour and physical activity sessions
For City Sightseeing bus tour meet outside the Student Life Building. There are also physical activity sessions in the LJMU Sport Building and the chance for free time to go wherever you like.
6.30pm onwards - Conference social event
The social event is at PINS Social Club, 41-61 Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 5AP.
We have exclusive use of PINS, where food will be provided to all delegates and there will be full access to an array of fun, inclusive games including shuffle board, bowling, table tennis and pool. We hope delegates will join us to continue the fantastic discussions following a full day of the conference. PINs is a sober friendly venue and is fully accessible.