By Philippa RoxbySports 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.Despite some progress, the researchers say no large boot manufacturer has yet invested in a design to suit women.But most products are still predominantly designed for men's football and little attention has been paid to the requirements of the women's game, a paper says.
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.Many major manufacturers are reportedly developing boots specific to women in time for the World Cup in 2023.
Most elite male footballers return within seven to eight months of the injury - but for elite female footballers, it is usually at least 10.
So they make female ones which will be more expensive due to lower demand and higher investment and then the pink tax nonsense will begin.
Don't use them. Use high heels.
Women have something that injuries men too if we think this way .. a very tight panty destroys our testicle..so what are we supposed to do? Just don't wear one! 🤨🤭
You can buy womems football boots.... not a wide choice but available!!
Oh dear. For a second I was reading 'Boobs and balls' 🤔
A pinnie
Life is a risk
What scientists
The man's game.
Can't they just identify as men
Isn't this an opportunity for a woman to create football boots for women? Why rely on Nike or Adidas when you can create your own. There you go, problem solved
Genuine question, is a boys size 6 football boots not suitable for women with size 6 feet? What is missing, high heels, open toes, a few decorative stones. I don't get it
High heels ?
Ive also noticed their shorts are also far to tight this could also be an injury risk to any men watching 😂
BBC aka Jimmy Savile’s protection
So make them pink.
sharrond62 Waiting for some feminist to scream oppression from the patriarchy.
So, there is a physical difference between men and women. Who would thought it 🤔
They want equality, they get equality.
Ffs. You just got t laugh, haven’t you 😂🤦🏻♂️
SEXIST !!!!! and what about trans women
Define what you mean by a ‘woman’?
Men playing on women’s teams are also a risk to women players.
May aswell give them a fly-away
sharrond62 A book recommendation for those who thought the article was interesting:
Does it apply to women with penises?
Strange article and utterly nonsensical, you do know the women's football team are unbeaten in a year, during which time they became European champions? Don't remember them complaining.
This is horribly transphobic. There is no biological difference between men and women, please take this incredibly hurtful article down.
Their game is so boring in any case!
The imbecilic BBC now want to redesign the football?
A ball is a ball and if woman can't find the correct footwear blame the footwear company
Balls are made for men. Indeed!
Must be better than playing in high-heels?
FFS are 'news' outlets ever going to take responsibility for the divisiveness they create with the hateclick articles?
That’s a load of shite. Balls made for men, what about the multiple sizes there are. Use a size 4. It’s the same leather wrapped around it and the same air inside it. I haven’t heard much complaining about the boots that the England women used to win the euros 🤷♂️
So what about rugby, basketball, golf, cricket, tennis balls etc Utter bollocks
But I thought everybody wanted to be treated equally. 🤷♂️
An attempt by bootmakers to charge an extra $50 for “Womens” boots
I have a feeling these 'scientists' are funded by the big sports wear giants.
Ah, would they like to use beach balls instead?
BBC - huge transwomen playing in womens sports like rugby where risk of injury is real 👍 BBC - a few grams here or there on a football 👎 As usual it's about the image, not about the women's safety
Don’t forget about trans players 🤷♂️
I get this with the boots, that makes perfect sense, but the ball? That's crap, should we make the goals smaller or make each half 35mins? Next we'll have non-binary chess sets, where all pieces look the same and all make the same moves...or not depending upon how they feel 🤔 🙄
We make football boots for women idasportsco. We focus on female physiology and comfort to reduce fatigue on athletes.
By boots made for women then it’s not hard is it 😂
Balls? How are balls for women different?
You assume their gender.
Oh dear..... equality and all that. Todays woke box ticked. Simple...... don't play. Just women with a pencil right?
Stick to netball!
DefundTheBBC …actually paying people for this shit through the TV Licence tax. FFS 🤦🏼♂️
Who carried out this research?
Define what a woman is.
The moral of the story, women shouldn't play with men's balls?