ACL Injury Prevention

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...

16 Dec The Strong Female Athlete Book Out Now

Posted at 16:47h in ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Core Training, Early Specialization, Female Athletes, Growth Spurt, Plyometrics, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training by erica 2 Comments

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I could not be more elated. I wrote The Strong Female Athlete book because there is an immense need for evidence and experienced based education surrounding youth female athlete training - from injury reduction, to speed development, improved agility, and bolstered confidence, young girls need every...

19 Nov Performance Considerations During Female Athlete Growth Spurt

Posted at 14:09h in ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Growth Spurt by erica 0 Comments

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I have been on a writing marathon the past few weeks and pumping out content faster than you can say "growth spurt." HERE is my most recent published piece for Stack.com on things to consider when young female athletes are going through their most rapid period...

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...

20 Feb Exercises Female Athletes Should Be Doing for ACL Injury Prevention: Linear Deceleration

Posted at 13:44h in ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training by erica 2 Comments

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I'll be the first to celebrate strong girls. There's something so magical about a teenage girl crushing a 30lb pull over the bar: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXI5eV_AuI&feature=youtu.be[/embed] And don't you dare take away from her achievement by screeching, "that's a CHIN-UP!!!" Whether a young female athlete does overhand, underhand or neutral, it...

05 Feb Exercises Female Athletes Should Be Doing For ACL Injury Prevention: SL Broad Jump

Posted at 13:28h in ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Female Athletes by erica 0 Comments

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I'm going to get right into today's post. When it comes to jumping drills, we don't want to get crazy. We want girls to execute quality, crisp landings, and progress slowly. Starting on two leg jumps, then progressing to single leg. Here is a challenging broad jump...