Resources
Menstrual Health + Sport Education
We have collected the leading research on menstrual health and sport from around the world. Scroll down for print outs, links, reports, research and apps that can help girls and women thrive in sport. From the basics of helping girls in youth sport to the science of training for elite athletes, we’ve got you covered.
Power to Play Period poster – An overview of the menstrual cycle and symptoms with advice for athletes and coaches. Feel free to download and print for your locker room!
Check out our downloadable posters, pictures and files below.
Creating a Period-Friendly Locker Room
Making sport spaces welcoming and useful for all girls helps them feel supported, and more likely to stay in sport. Here are some key tips for creating the ideal locker room for athletes who menstruate.
Download locker room poster here. (Designed by A.R. Zipp).
Getting Started – Resources for teaching menstrual health
Irise International – research and resources
Hey Girls UK – products and educational resources
Secondary school period education animation (Hey Girls)
Primary school period education animation (Hey Girls)
Clue – education resources and period tracking ap
Menstrupedia – educational resources and comic book
FirstPeriod.org – Dr Liita Iyaloo Cairney
Campaigns, workshops, etc.
On the Ball campaign for free period products in football (UK)
Let’s talk periods campaign – Rajasthan Royals (India)
Go with the Flow workshop – Feb 2020, University of Stirling
Power to Play video – Dr Sarah Zipp & Lilamani de Soysa
English Sport Institute – SmartHER campaign – Dr Emma Ross
Getting Started – Resources for teaching menstrual health
FitrWoman – global study on women and exercise physiology, research review study – Dr Georgie Bruinvels
Female Physiology, Nutrition and Sport Training – Dr Stacy Sims
Nike Sync Training – align training with your menstrual cycle.
Wild AI app – period tracking app for sport and physical activity.
Puma/Modibody study on teenage girls and sport
Adidas resources for menstruation and sport
Period Positive Sport Clubs – A guide from the Commission for Children and Young People of Australia.
SHE Research and Education – Technical University of Shannon, Ireland
Female Athletes and the Menstrual Cycle – AUT Millennium New Zealand
Just in Casey bag project
Menstruation and Rainbow Inclusive Practices – Education Outdoors New Zealand
Menstrual health toolkit – England Rugby and Safe Rugby
MENSTRUAL HEALTH + SPORT
Go with the Flow – Menstrual health experiences of athletes and coaches in Scottish swimming (Zipp & Hyde, 2023)
“This is the next frontier of performance”: power and knowledge in coaches “proactive” approaches to sportswomen’s health (Schofield, Thorpe & Sims, 2022).
Elite female athletes experiences and perceptions of the menstrual cycle in sport (Brown, et al., 2021).
Biological and socio-cultural factors have the potential to influence the health and performance of elite female athletes. Heather, A., Thorpe, H., et. al. (2021). Frontiers in Sport and Active Living.
Australian elite athletes and the menstrual cycle (Armour, et al., 2020).
Understanding menstruation in sport for development (Zipp, et al., 2019).
Sport, exercise and the menstrual cycle – Where is the research? (Bruinvels, et a., 2017).
Menstrual health education in Sport for Development in Zambia (Zipp, 2019).
Roar: how to match your food and fitness to your female physiology for optimum performance, great health, and a strong, lean body for life. Sims, S. T., & Yeager, S. (2016). Rodale.
Menstruation research and advocacy networks
SPORT, GENDER AND HEALTH
Women in Sport UK & Sport England – Puberty, an invisible stage
Women in Sport UK – Reframing sport for teenage girls
Plan UK study – Break the Barriers
The Conversation articles – Sarah Zipp
What girls want in sport uniforms – A study from Australia
International Working Group on Women (Global) – Insight Hub
Observatory for Sport Scotland (UK) – Research on gender and sport
Women Win Foundation (Global) – Goal programme
Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport (USA) – Research
