Mapping the menstrual cycle to increase performance and reduce injury risk with Dawn Scott (High Performance Coach at US Soccer Women's National Team)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to High-Performance Coach at US Women's National Team, Dawn Scott. Dawn has just come off the back of winning the Women's World Cup with the US and has also been in the news due to her planning and preparation during that tournament. It was this planning and preparation that forms a large part of this discussion as you can see below in the discussion points. It was great to get Dawn on for a chat and its also fantastic to see a Brit doing so well overseas.

Hope you enjoy this episode with Dawn Scott.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who is Dawn Scott (background, education and current role)
• World Cup experiences
• What does 'high performance' look like for you and the performance team at US Soccer?
  • Departmental goals
  • Utilisation of data
  • Influence down the ages
• Female physiology
  • Mapping the menstrual cycle to increase performance
  • Health screening
  • Strength & conditioning
    • Camps
    • During competition/tournaments
• Injury risk reduction
  • Developing an injury prevention strategy
    • Process
    • Outcome

Dawn can be found on Twitter @dawnscott06

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Enjoy

PP