{"id":34544,"date":"2025-02-27T10:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/how-understanding-the-menstrual-cycle-is-breaking-new-ground-for-womens-soccer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:45:28","slug":"how-understanding-the-menstrual-cycle-is-breaking-new-ground-for-womens-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/how-understanding-the-menstrual-cycle-is-breaking-new-ground-for-womens-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"How understanding the menstrual cycle is breaking new ground for women\u2019s soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Players\u2019 cycles, once deemed to be a minor inconvenience, are now seen as potential keys to unlock big gains in performance<\/p>\n<p>In 1921, the English Football Association banned women\u2019s soccer, declaring the game \u201cunsuitable for females\u201d. The sport has reclaimed its place on the world stage over the subsequent century-plus, but another outdated notion persists; that the players\u2019 menstrual cycles are just an inconvenience rather than a key performance variable worth studying.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a collection of researchers and medical professionals are lending their expertise to what could be the sport\u2019s next big evolution.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/feb\/27\/womens-soccer-menstrual-cycle-research\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players\u2019 cycles, once deemed to be a minor inconvenience, are now seen as potential keys to unlock big gains in performance In 1921, the English Football Association banned women\u2019s soccer, declaring the game \u201cunsuitable for females\u201d. The sport has reclaimed its place on the world stage over the subsequent century-plus, but another outdated notion persists; &#8230; <a title=\"How understanding the menstrual cycle is breaking new ground for women\u2019s soccer\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/how-understanding-the-menstrual-cycle-is-breaking-new-ground-for-womens-soccer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How understanding the menstrual cycle is breaking new ground for women\u2019s soccer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}