The AFL has eliminated white shorts from on-field uniforms within the AFLW and different feminine competitions, with the transfer hoped to eradicate efficiency nervousness confronted by gamers throughout their menstrual cycles.
Key factors:
- AFLW golf equipment and feminine gamers have been consulted by the AFL earlier than the choice was introduced
- The AFL has introduced the change will come into impact forward of the 2023 AFLW season
- It says it desires to prioritise the well being and wellbeing of feminine gamers
The league’s choice follows session with AFLW golf equipment and feminine gamers.
Analysis carried out by the AFL reveals gamers — notably youthful women — are much less more likely to take part in sport in the event that they really feel uncomfortable of their uniform.
The AFL will work with AFLW golf equipment to make the changes in time for the 2023 season.
Comparable measures which were rolled out in tennis (Wimbledon), cricket (Check matches) and soccer internationally.
“The ripple impact for neighborhood sport for ladies and women is immense — we wish to result in take away any boundaries that stop ladies and women collaborating in Australian soccer,” AFLW’s basic supervisor of girls’s soccer, Nicole Livingstone, mentioned in an announcement.
All 18 AFLW golf equipment will proceed to have colored shorts for residence matches and may put on these in any match all through the season.
Nevertheless, golf equipment may even have one other colored set of shorts to be worn if there’s a conflict in uniforms.
“Prioritising our gamers’ well being and well-being and supporting everybody to play Australian guidelines soccer is crucial in all the things we do on the AFL,” the league’s head of psychological well being and wellbeing, Kate Corridor, mentioned.
“This coverage is to make sure ladies and women can confidently play and revel in Australian guidelines soccer, free from the impression of interval stigma.”
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