Nutritional strategies for optimizing performance of elite women athletes
In this edition of Sports Tomorrow Congress, performance and nutrition merge into one interrelated track to focus on female football. The double track will run over the course of two days.Join us to investigate the latest discoveries in sports nutrition and performance.
Topics explored in the Nutrition-Performance track include:
- Gender Physiological differences, as well as differences in optimizing training and conditioning training.
- The female physiology, looking at hormones, muscle fibres, biomarkers, the menstrual cycle, fertility and performance in female elite players.
- External load variables in female football players (HSR, acc-desc, etc.).
- DXA models for players: anatomy and biomechanics, exploring body composition and new evaluation parameters.
- Specific strength profile in professional female football players.
- Nootropics and ergoenics innovation for performance.
- Buffers Beta- alanine and bicarbonate / creatine.
- Recovery strategies (focused on conditional training) in female team sport players.
- Coordination (running technique, cognition, etc.) in female football players.
Learn more about the latest discoveries in nutrition and performance.
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Program
Central European Time (CET)
Sala Auditori 1899
10 NOV 2021
09:00 |
OPEN DOORS |
09:30 |
Welcome And Introduction Milos Mallol + Ian Rollo + Mireia Porta Oliva |
09:45 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WOMEN´S FOOTBALL General Overview of Women’s Physiology Anthony C. Hackney Female Hormones: Considerations for Health & Performance Nicky Keay |
11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
11:45 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING IN WOMEN´S FOOTBALL: AN FCB APPROACH Biomarkers of Interest in Women’s Football Beatriz Candás Gut Microbiome in Elite Sports Marta Llopis + Ken McGrath FCB Approach: Sharing Learnings from a FIFA Study Eva Ferrer + Mireia Porta Oliva + Toña Lizarraga |
13:15 |
LUNCH BREAK |
14:45 |
Menstrual cycle and performance in female elite players Georgie Bruinvels Analysis of External Load Variables in female Soccer Player Dawn Scott |
16:00 |
BREAK |
16:15 |
NUTRITIONISTS AT FEMALE FOOTBALL CLUBS – ROUND TABLE Practical Case Studies: Integration of sport Nutrition and Sports Science FCB Team + Lindsay Langford + Lloyd Parker + Mariona Caldentey |
17:30 |
Meet and greet networking session with refreshments |
11 NOV 2021
09:15 |
OPEN DOORS |
09:45 |
BODY COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESMENTS IN ELITE FEMALE FOOTBALL An FCB Approach: New functional Index Parameters to evaluate body composition Mireia Porta Oliva + Toña Lizarraga Body Composition: DXA Models for player – Anatomy and Biomechanics Tyler Bosh Sex-based differences in muscle arhcitecture and metabolism Clara Prats |
11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
11:45 |
NUTRITION INNOVATIONS FOR FEMALE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE Nutrition Innovation for Female Football Asker Jeukendrup New Ergogenics for consideration in Football Matteo Pincella |
13:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 |
Recovery processes after games and strategies to improve recovery in female team sports players Helena Andersson Early exposure to strength and conditioning to build resilient female soccer players Rhodri LLoyd |
15:45 |
BREAK |
16:00 |
FERTILITY: CONSIDERATIONS IN ELITE FEMALE FOOTBALL Gynecological barriers for elite female athletes Ainhoa Coco Fertility: Consideration and advice for Players Carlos Dosouto |
17:00 |
ROUND TABLE: Microcycle structure in female sport team players Jacob Gonzalez + Berta Carles + Esther Morencos + Blanca Romero |
18:00 |
Meet and greet networking session with refreshments |