Topics and agreement ratings from Round 3
| Topic name | Topic description | Agreement rating* (mean±SD) |
| Menstrual cycle symptoms | How the symptoms before, during and after the bleeding phase of a menstrual cycle impact training and performance. | 4.58±0.74 |
| Recovery | The impact of female physiology, including menstrual cycle, on the recovery process and the effectiveness of various recovery modalities and approaches, including passive recovery and sleep. | 4.58±0.59 |
| Birth control | The short-term and long-term effects of specific types of birth control options, including different oral hormonal contraceptive pills, intrauterine devices, the patch, etc on health, performance and well-being. | 4.55±0.89 |
| Mental health | Tools, strategies and interventions that support and strengthen mental skills, training and performance for female athletes with or without potential mental health diagnoses (eg, anxiety, depression, eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder). | 4.50±0.55 |
| Fueling and the menstrual cycle | How best to fuel at different stages of the menstrual cycle to enhance performance, health and well-being. | 4.43±0.74 |
| Fueling and hydration | Sport-specific fueling, supplementation and hydration strategies (timing, macro/micronutrients) while travelling and during different stages of training (in competition, out of competition) and competition (precompetition, during and postcompetition). | 4.43±0.67 |
| Physiology and performance | Strategies for optimising training and using sports performance testing that incorporates female physiology to attain peak physical performance over the course of a season and athletic career. | 4.33±0.72 |
| Mental health and sports performance | Understanding similarities and differences between sports performance support and mental health support and how, when and where to seek care for each. | 4.30±0.84 |
| Team dynamics | The impact of team dynamics and interpersonal relationships between and among athletes, coaches and support staff on performance, physical and mental health and well-being. | 4.25±0.86 |
| Low energy availability and REDs | The symptoms and potential health and performance consequences of low energy availability, which is when the body does not have enough calorie intake to account for exercise and the caloric needs of daily life. (This can be inadvertent from an eating disorder or disordered eating, aka REDs or female athlete triad.) | 4.15±0.82 |
| Institutionalised sexism | The impacts of institutionalised sexism and/or male-dominated coaching and support staff on female athlete mental health and performance. | 4.13±0.98 |
| Pregnancy and postpartum | Training, performance, physical health and mental health considerations during pregnancy and postpartum return to sport. | 4.13±1.00 |
| Injury management | Effective strategies for female athletes to decrease injury and reinjury risk and safely return to play postinjury (including those related to fueling, physical and mental training and rehabilitation). | 4.13±0.75 |
| Strength training | Female-specific and individualised strength training considerations to optimise performance and reduce injury risk in female athletes. | 4.05±0.84 |
*Agreement rating on a Likert scale, with 1 indicating strongly disagree and 5 indicating strongly agree.
REDs, relative energy deficiency in sport.