Thanks Steve. Athletics needs rational statements from people like you.
Basically, if a male and female are of similar age and train with the same duration, intensity, and frequency in the same sport, the male will always have higher scores on pretty much all the metrics Exercise Science, Physiology, and common sense uses to predict athletic success.
Enough, BS, let the girls and women be masters of their own commitment and hard work.
Steve, I'm not an expert in these matters but after reading this article I'm also not clear on what the current policy is (is it the SRY test you mentioned?) and how that policy/test actually works.
Also, can you do more discussion on the studies that do/don't show performance differences between trans athletes? Since this is such a hot-button topic politically, those of us who care about the science (and implementing with empathy as you said) need to have access to better information.
The current policy is SRY test as a screener. If that comes back as DSD, then further testing to see if CAIS or not.
In short, most of the studies that do NOT show a performance difference between trans athletes were poorly designed. For example, the much talked about one essentially took untrained transwomen and compared them to trained women to find no difference.
The performance advantage comes from being biologically male. All males get it. The few studies that look at how much the advantage declines if you are on T suppression basically show that performance declines, but often not the full amount, depending on the sport. Thus an advantage is still retained.
Thanks Steve. Athletics needs rational statements from people like you.
Basically, if a male and female are of similar age and train with the same duration, intensity, and frequency in the same sport, the male will always have higher scores on pretty much all the metrics Exercise Science, Physiology, and common sense uses to predict athletic success.
Enough, BS, let the girls and women be masters of their own commitment and hard work.
Ugggggg
Steve, I'm not an expert in these matters but after reading this article I'm also not clear on what the current policy is (is it the SRY test you mentioned?) and how that policy/test actually works.
Also, can you do more discussion on the studies that do/don't show performance differences between trans athletes? Since this is such a hot-button topic politically, those of us who care about the science (and implementing with empathy as you said) need to have access to better information.
The current policy is SRY test as a screener. If that comes back as DSD, then further testing to see if CAIS or not.
In short, most of the studies that do NOT show a performance difference between trans athletes were poorly designed. For example, the much talked about one essentially took untrained transwomen and compared them to trained women to find no difference.
The performance advantage comes from being biologically male. All males get it. The few studies that look at how much the advantage declines if you are on T suppression basically show that performance declines, but often not the full amount, depending on the sport. Thus an advantage is still retained.
Thank you, Steve. I appreciate the additional detail.