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29 Sep Focus on Performance and Injury Reduction Follows

Posted at 23:19h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, High Performance, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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I didn’t sign up for strength training because I feared injury. Back in the early 2000s, strength coaches didn’t market their programs with the phrase “injury prevention.” The jargon in their marketing focused on speed, strength, and conditioning, and becoming bigger, faster, and stronger. I was sold. These...

19 Sep Overcoming Mistakes in Your Sport with Strength and Dignity

Posted at 13:55h in Blog, Confidence, Mindset, Motivation, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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You make a massive mistake in competition. The last feelings you feel are strength and dignity. Instead, you feel frustration. You feel chaos and stress. That's not how it was supposed to go...

16 Sep 3 SPEED DRILLS TO DO IN SEASON BEFORE PRACTICE

Posted at 18:49h in Blog, Soccer, Speed by erica 0 Comments

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Newsflash: in season speed training won't make athletes sore. The workout I'm about to share should make athletes feel fresh and electric. It will excite the Central Nervous System, as well as keep their body exposed to sprint work so they can keep improving their speed year-round. Here...

31 Aug Use Comparison to Other Athletes as Motivation

Posted at 12:58h in Blog, Female Athletes, Mindset, Motivation by erica 0 Comments

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Comparison doesn’t have to be crippling. You also don’t have to succumb to Theodore Roosevelt’s idea that comparison is “the thief of joy.” It can be, in some sense, when you look around and see everyone else crushing it, running faster, scoring more goals, and getting more...

25 Aug Osgood-Schlatter Program for Female Athletes Suffering Knee Pain

Posted at 14:33h in Blog, Female Athletes, Knee Injuries, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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You feel a dull pain just below your knee cap. "It's no biggie," you say. So you continue to play, and you get away with it for some time. You're still doing fine, and your performance is still the same. Your playing hasn't suffered, so you ignore...

20 Aug Don’t Follow the Crowd in Youth Sports

Posted at 21:01h in Blog, Female Athletes, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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I didn't join a travel team until I was 14-years-old. Until then, all through elementary and middle school, I played on a recreational team called the Blue Bobcats. I loved my rec team. I had a hip coach who was from Austria. He had a cool accent....