Women's Wrestling: Some Observations From a Coach and a Scientist

ABSTRACT.

The regular participation of women in the Olympic Games, which began in 1952, has created the necessary prerequisites for in-depth research into the issues of women's sports. The influence of various phases of the ovulation and menstruation cycle on the condition of women and their performance in various sports has been a major research topic. An overview of the main issues in women's sports from a medical point of view by Grayevskaya, Petrov, and. Belyayeva (1987)—as well as works by Radziyevskiy and Shakhlina, in particular their 1990 article on the physiological basis of women's sports training management taking the menstrual cycle phases into account—can be said to summarize this trend in women's sports theory.

Keywords::

• administration
• coach education
• coaching
• culture
• gender
• history
• special populations