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17 Aug How Female Athletes Can Level Up And Out-Do Their Competition

Posted at 12:08h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 2 Comments

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More skills trainers. More camps. More training sessions. More ball work. More camps. More. More. More. It seems as if everyone is over-training, yet under-preparing. Here's what I mean: instead of focusing on the entirety of the human, young female athletes are focusing on the specialized work, namely,...

21 Jul Technique Tuesday: Dumbbell Push Press

Posted at 22:09h in Blog, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Total Youth Soccer Fitness by erica 0 Comments

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Building the total young athlete involves several things: - Attacking all muscle groups in the gym - Working on explosiveness and building power (moving weights fast) - Doing power movements purposefully and correctly The Dumbbell Push Press is one of my favorite total body power movements that works on...

31 Mar How Female Athletes Can Find Beauty In Strength

Posted at 23:09h in Blog, Coaching, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training by erica 0 Comments

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Peruse any Instagram fitness influencer's account and you'll see a bevy of posts like this: - "Lose 10 pounds with this cleanse!" - "Melt body fat with this pyramid scheme supplement!" - "Tone up for the summer!" - "Lose your mid thighs in less than two weeks!" Ahhhhhh. It's always the...

02 Sep An Open Letter to Strong Female Athletes

Posted at 19:12h in Blog, Career, Coaching, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 6 Comments

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Dear Strong Female Athlete, Take up space. In fact, so much space that the world rumbles from your strength, people's hearts vibrate from how loud you roar, your friends drop their jaws at your relentless confidence, and the weak are inspired by how hard you go after...

04 Jul 20 Lessons for Female Athletes on Training and Life

Posted at 17:28h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Uncategorized by erica 13 Comments

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Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mistake. Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete crying and her dad telling her, "you're being sensitive!" Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete scrolling Instagram comparing her body to influencer...