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GAINcast Episode 297: The female athlete (with Morgan Smith)

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For decades, coaches have trained female athletes the same way they train male athletes — or worse, held them back entirely out of myth and misunderstanding. In this episode of the GAINcast, Vern Gambetta sits down with Morgan Smith, senior performance coach for US Soccer’s women’s youth national teams and former Stanford post-doctoral researcher, to tackle what we actually know about training the female athlete.

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Morgan Smith is currently a Senior Performance Coach for the Women’s Youth National teams with US Soccer.She earned her doctorate in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Auburn University and previously work as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.

Related resources

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

  • The GAINcast is sponsored by GAIN and by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
  • You can follow Smith on social media on Instagram (@goldenmo_) or LinkedIn.
  • Vern’s own new book was recently released. Learn more and order here: Building the Complete Athlete.

Key quotes and topics

  • 0:00 – Introduction
  • 3:00 – Smith’s background
  • 8:15 – Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
  • 13:15 – Training the female athlete
  • 18:15 – The role of culture in training
  • 20:15 – Getting better at conversations
  • 24:00 – Menstrual cycle and performance
  • 29:45 – Growth and development of the female athlete
  • 41:30 – Morgan’s Role at US Soccer

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