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Should Women's Soccer Have Different Rules? / Is African Cycling Finally On The Rise?
Season 4 · Episode 11

Should Women's Soccer Have Different Rules? / Is African Cycling Finally On The Rise?

From the changing of rules in women's sport to Eritrea's new cycling sprint star

The Real Science of Sport Podcast · Mike Finch

June 15, 20221h 8m

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Show Notes

The team take on three different subjects in our new segment called 'Caught My Eye." We tackle the subject of how different rules and regulations in women's soccer can improve the quality of the game to the potential of African riders to start dominating world cycling and the relationship between sleep and concussion in impact sports.


Show Notes:

Sleep article https://meridian.allenpress.com/jat/article/doi/10.4085/1062-6050-0078.22/482396/Prospective-Implications-of-Insufficient-Sleep-for


The study on brain oxygenation in Kenyan runners that Ross was part of: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28321639/ 


A paper analysing the Kenyan running phenomenon that Ross published: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264745551_Analysis_of_the_Kenyan_Distance-Running_Phenomenon 


The study on scaling football in women based on physical differences: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00762/full


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