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Basque pilota is a traditional sport played mainly by men. A project emerged in 2005 to promote female participation: Emakumea Pilotari (Woman pelota player). In this article we present the main points that emerged from an ethnographic study of the social relationships that playing Basque pilota can provide. The study was carried out in 2011-2012 season with a purposive sample of 28 adult women Basque pilota players (pilotaris) (between 22 and 60 years old). 26 participants were pilotaris in recreational groups and the other two were their trainers. The results suggest that a sense of community, team membership, the development of a general reciprocity and group security are the most important aspects for players. A sense of community is the fundamental reason why they practise this sport. The group as a whole is the top priority. Female pilotaris share the desire to relate to each other as women, build relationships, create bonds and help each other.

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Ikerketa honetan urritasunik ez zuten pilotarien ustetan talde arteko harremanak euskal pilota inklusiboagoa bilakatzeko izan zezakeen eragina aztertu zen. Euskal pilotan ziharduten federatutako eta federatu gabeko 15 pilotari elkarrizketatu ziren bi talde-eztabaida saiotan. Galdekatuek adierazi zuten kideen arteko erlazioei dagozkien hainbat baldintza betetzeak euskal pilota inklusiboagoa egiten lagunduko lukeela, besteak beste, urritasuna duten pertsonak estatus bereko ikusteak, helburu komunak edukitzeak, taldekide sentiarazteko kideen artean elkar laguntzeak, (in)formazioaren gainetik elkar ezagutzeko esfortzua egiteak eta edonori adiskide izateko aukera eskaintzeak. Taldekideen arteko harremanak partaideen aurreiritziek baldintzatzen zituzten askotan, baina izandako esperientzia puntualek asko lagundu zieten horiek ekiditen. Aurrera begira, kontuan hartu beharko litzateke proiektu inklusiboak diseinatu eta abian jartzean epe luzerako jarduerek eragin positiboagoak dituztela.

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The main objectives of the present study were to describe the injury incidence and to analyze the anthropometric and physical characteristics of players from three high-level women’s football teams. The present study involved 54 female football players (21.9 ± 4.9 years old) from three different teams competing in the Spanish Reto Iberdrola-Segunda División PRO league. A battery of tests was carried out to determine the anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of the players along with an injury incidence record during a full competitive season. The obtained results showed that there was a high incidence of injury, as 38% of the players suffered some type of injury during the season (range 1–5; 1.75 ± 1.02 injuries per player). Injuries occurred in both matches and during training at a similar percentage (48.6 vs. 51.4%), and the majority of the registered episodes were graded as moderate or severe injury types (60%). Players suffering from an injury accumulated a total of 1587 chronological days off work due to injury during the season, with a recurrence rate of 55%. Considering the high incidence of injury, and the injury burden and the reinjure rate observed in this research, it seems necessary to apply the most efficient prevention and recovery measures possible in these female football teams. These descriptive data could serve athletic trainers and medical staff of female football teams to better understand their own screening procedure-derived data.