• Protecting Teenage Girls in Sport

    Evidence-based education for coaches, parents, and sporting organisations on the Female Athlete Triad — grounded in original Irish research.

  • The Research

    In the first study of its kind conducted in Ireland, research into teenage girls playing Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football in Cork revealed findings that demand attention.

    28% of girls surveyed had menstrual dysfunction. 11% had suffered a bone stress fracture. Girls who trained more frequently were ten times more likely to experience menstrual dysfunction. And girls with a fear of weight gain were nine times more likely to experience it.

    These are not elite athletes with professional support teams. These are girls showing up to training in local clubs, coached by volunteers, supported by parents who want to do the right thing but aren't always sure what that looks like.

    The Female Athlete Triad — low energy availability, menstrual dysfunction, and reduced bone density — is preventable. But preventing it requires the people closest to these girls to understand it.

    Source

    Kennedy (2024). MSc Sports Performance Practice, ATU Donegal. Ethics approved. n=46.

  • The Workshop

    Date and Time

    This webinar translates the research into practical, immediately usable knowledge for the people best placed to act on it — coaches, parents, and the sporting organisations that support them.

    Speaker Information

    Delivered live online via Zoom or Teams, the session covers what the Female Athlete Triad is and why it matters in an Irish club sport context, what warning signs look like in practice, how to have a difficult conversation with a player or parent, the role of food, body image, and training load in driving risk, and what simple club-level actions can make a meaningful difference.

    Interactive Session

    Designed primarily for Camogie and Ladies GAA but fully adaptable for soccer, rugby, hockey, athletics, and cycling clubs.

    Suitable for Sports Partnerships, county boards, club coaches, and parent groups. Sessions can be booked for groups of 10 to 100 participants.

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    Webinar - Female Athlete Triad

    Webinar - Female Athlete Triad

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    A 90-Minute Online Session for Coaches and Parents
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  • About Kevin Kennedy

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    About

    Kevin Kennedy is a Cork-based researcher, coach, and educator. He conducted the first prospective study of the Female Athlete Triad in teenage girls playing GAA in Ireland — research that has since informed a second study on how parents, coaches, and sporting organisations can collaborate to reduce risk.

    He holds an MSc in Sports Performance Practice from ATU Donegal, a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from University College Cork, and an MA in Innovation through Design Thinking from University College Cork. He ran a CrossFit gym in Cork for over a decade, founded Anu Dairy through the SOSV IndieBio accelerator, and has coached strength and conditioning at underage and senior GAA level, most recently with Courcey Rovers Senior Camogie Club.

    He is the father of four daughters, three of whom play sport. This work is personal as much as it is professional.

    Credentials line (smaller text beneath the bio):MSc Sports Performance Practice (ATU) · BSc Physiology (UCC) · MA Innovation through Design Thinking (UCC) · CrossFit Level 1

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