Nov 16, 2022
Boots and balls made for men an injury risk to women footballers
Sports scientists are highlighting the lack of football kit designed for women, saying the use of male boots and balls could be putting them at higher risk of injury. Women also move and run in a different way to men and yet the length of studs on boots are designed around male movement and traction. This increases the risk of women getting their boot stuck in the surface and an injury being caused, author and sports rehabilitation lecturer Kat Okholm Kryger, from St Mary's University, Twickenham, says. Women could be playing "On uneven surfaces where men's teams have played the day before". Many major manufacturers are reportedly developing boots specific to women in time for the World Cup in 2023.
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