Scoping Review - Coaching in Women's Football - Data Set 15/07/24

This data supports the scoping review - Coaching in women’s football - A scoping review. As the game grows the research strives to keep up. Authors: Mulvenna, C., Evans, N., Brady, A., McCall, A., Datson, N., Emmonds, S., and Okholm Kryger, K.

The study reviewed all women’s football related studies scoped by Okholm Kryger et al. (2021) for their relevance to coaching in women’s football. Additionally, an updated search was performed from PubMed (1966–2023), PsycINFO (1967– 2023), Web of Science (1900–2023), Scopus (1788–2023), SPORTDiscus (1892–2023) on 7^th December 2023. The author, journal, title, and abstract of all included studies were scoped. Information extracted during the scoping process included: the population, playing level, age group, environment, study type and geographical location of the research. A total of 373 articles were scoped. The publication topic most frequently researched was Performance Analysis - Physical, followed by Performance Analysis - Technical/Tactical and Maturation/Talent Identification. Most studies were focused on coaching senior players (n=207, 55%) and elite football (n=189, 51%). Despite the volume of research growing each year, it is noticeable there are gaps in the research. At present there is a particular emphasis on certain playing levels (elite football – 51%), playing populations (senior players 55%) and research topics (Physical Performance Analysis [20%] and Technical/Tactical Performance Analysis [14%]), which means there is a dearth of information in certain area.