"Do you have a few stretches for my knee?" - every young female athlete with knee pain. This won't work. To solve stubborn knee pain during growth spurts, a young girl needs a FULL PROGRAM that addresses strength, flexibility, mobility, and proper load management of her sport. However,...
Early in my coaching career, I was all about the training. The reps. The drills. The intensity. The exercise progressions. I'm still all about the training, but it's the bare minimum of my work to get athletes results in the gym and on the field. There's so much more to female...
I am so excited to be featured in the NAYS discussing the holistic approach to training young athletes. I provide my story on how strength and conditioning bolstered my mental and physical performance at a young age and how it blessed me the rest of...
No one ever got better by going through the motions. No one ever improved their performance by being comfortable. No one ever improved skills by lacking focus. No one ever succeeded by going half in. For young athletes to get the most out of their training, they must have...
Keep conditioning simple. Understand the game demands and energy systems used. Understand muscle actions and movements. Here is an excellent podcast with former Orlando Pride Performance Coach, Ivi Casagrande, discussing off-season conditioning for female athletes. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94-qGQjFqhw&t=733s[/embed] Here are some of the drills she mentioned in the episode that I also...
It's the first half. Your female athlete is on fire. She's running off the ball. She's exploding into space. She's bursting past defenders. She looks downright unstoppable. Then, the halftime whistle blows and a switch flips. Hard left turn, in fact. Come the final stretch of the game, she's looking...
Every female athlete wants to feel good. She wants to feel at her best and confident. How does she accomplish this? Hint: it's not from affirmation. Sure, this can be a sprinkle to building confidence, but it's not the difference maker. Sadly, many youth female athletes are seeking confidence...
The bad news is this: the majority of female athletes have weak hips. Ah, glad that's out of the way now. Let's move onto some better news...
It's year 2022 and I'm still talking about the benefits of strength training for female athletes. For some, the conversation is easy and they get it. For others, I feel I have to cajole them to get under the iron, and that their female athletes...
Explosiveness = power To get scientific, it is the ability to exert force as fast as possible. To get mathematical, speed + strength = power This means female athletes must be both strong and fast to become explosive. They must have strength in these main muscle groups: - Hamstrings -...