Presenter(s): Sara Baptista
Faculty Mentor(s): Cybele Higgins & Casey Reid
Oral Session 3 MI
The importance of attention to nutrition in handling pressures safely is critical for high performance in sports. Achieving great performance is what any athlete wants; however, what is necessary is to understand their weaknesses. Based on interviews with a female basketball athlete, a coach, and an athletic trainer, combined with online research and two surveys, the presenter identified three key problems for female basketball athletes: injury, pressure, and lack of audience. In this presentation, the implications of these problems for student-athletes and recommendations for addressing these issues are discussed.