ACL Injuries

01 Jul ACL Injuries in Female Soccer Players: Time to Take Action

Posted at 17:50h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 6 Comments

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Originally published by Erica Suter on https://girlssoccernetwork.com/ ACL Injuries in Female Soccer Players Mallory Swanson. Beth Mead. Vivianne Miedema. Janine Beckie. Catarina Macario. Christian Press. I'll spare you the rest of the injured list because it's downright tragic. In the last 12 months, more than 20 professional women's soccer...

03 May Solving Female Athlete ACL Injuries

Posted at 14:37h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog by erica 0 Comments

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I have a solution: how about we stop focusing on what we can't control, and start focusing on what we can? To truly empower female athletes, we have to stop pulling the female card. Here is a list of controllables to start today: 1. Strength train 2. Fuel with...

19 Apr Are We Truly Empowering Female Athletes?

Posted at 14:03h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Uncategorized by erica 1 Comment

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The same people who say they're empowering female athletes, are dis-empowering them. It's sad because in the past decade, female athletes have made incredible strides. On the performance training front, girls have become more motivated to get in the gym and lift. There's less of a fear of...

11 Feb ACL Injury Reduction: Research Says All Girls are Required to Strength Train

Posted at 15:44h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 2 Comments

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"Hand a girl a barbell and change her life." - Emily Neff, Female Athlete Performance Coach I couldn't agree with my colleague more. All female athletes must strength train. It's non-negotiable. Not only does strength training improve performance, it also decreases chance of ACL injury by 50%. Strength...

28 Dec Middle School Female Soccer Players: When It’s Too Much

Posted at 15:24h in ACL Injuries, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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In 11 years of coaching young female soccer players, I continue to be flabbergasted by how many messages I get from parents about their daughters' overuse injuries. It sucks. It's bad. I'm tired. "Our daughter has had knee pain for several months," say several concerned parents. "Our daughter has a...

07 Nov Female Athlete Menstrual Cycle and ACL Injury Risk

Posted at 15:04h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Menstrual Cycle, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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"Joint laxity increases during the cycle!" "Females are more susceptible to ACL!" "Their hormones are crazy!" Blah, blah, blah. We've heard these phrases time and time again regarding the female athlete and risk for ACL injury, but look. I'm ready to discuss actionable solutions that empower her: - Year-round resistance...

25 Aug Female Athlete ACL Injury Reduction Is A Journey, Not A Quick Google Search

Posted at 11:48h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Girls' Soccer Training by erica 0 Comments

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Female athlete ACL injury reduction is a journey, not a quick Google search. Peruse the internet and there are a plethora of balance exercises, prevention programs, and warmups for coaches to get their hands on to keep their female athletes healthy. While some of these are amazing...

02 Feb Exercises Female Athletes Should Be Doing For ACL Injury Prevention: Single Leg RDL with Rotation

Posted at 22:34h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes by erica 0 Comments

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"Just find balance" seems to be the buzz phrase of the century. Busy? "Just find balance." Juggling having two jobs, schools, kids? "Just find balance." Coaching 7 days a week, while writing programs, while trying to keep up with the stock market shenanigans? "Just find a balance." Admittedly, I want to jolt...

19 Jan Why Female Athletes Need Repetition (without repetition) To Improve Speed and Change of Direction

Posted at 23:01h in ACL Injuries, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Glute Training, Hypertrophy, Injury Prevention, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Every time I sit down to tap away at my keyboard to write a new article, I put pressure on myself to make it a banger. Admittedly, the last article I wrote was just that. It was an offbeat commentary on the virus and boosting immune...

09 Aug Reducing Chance of ACL Injury in Female Soccer Players

Posted at 19:57h in ACL Injuries, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Injury Prevention, Uncategorized by erica 2 Comments

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Everyone wants that one piece of advice to prevent ACL injuries. Everyone wants that one knee exercise. Everyone wants that one strength routine that will ensure they stay resilient. So what is it? Be relentlessly consistent with strengthening your entire body. You see, ACL injury reduction must be approached holistically....