Girls’ Soccer Training

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...

28 Aug What Coaches and Parents Need to Know About Training the Pre-Adolescent Female Athlete

Posted at 11:55h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training by erica 0 Comments

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I'll be honest: the female athletes who I've worked with over the past 8+ years, who have gone on to play at a high level (ECNL, Division 1 and abroad), are the ones who started with me during pre-adolescence. They were munchkins. They were awkward. They were not...

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,...

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....

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...

16 Jun Technique Tuesday: Acceleration “First Step”

Posted at 12:35h in Acceleration, Blog, Girls' Soccer Training, Soccer, Youth Training by erica 0 Comments

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Full disclosure: I just finished a two hour podcast interview with my friend Dr. Tommy John. And we didn't talk about training. Not youth strength and conditioning. Not speed development. Not conditioning. Not motor skill learning. Not a peep about youth training. 'But what did you talk about for TWO HOURS?!' you...

08 Jun Coaching Female Athletes Plyometrics: Stop Making Them Sore

Posted at 17:47h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training by erica 2 Comments

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Thump. Thud. Thump. Repeat x 1000 reps. 'Why do I keep hearing that sound?' I thought. 'And why is it so darn loud?' I was walking through the park, taking what I thought would be a tranquil stroll on a Saturday morning. As I continued wandering, I noticed a pre-adolescent girls'...

27 Apr Building Strong Women Starts With You, Coach

Posted at 21:51h in Blog, Coaching, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized, Women's Fitness by erica 0 Comments

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If you are a coach to female athletes, you need to be walking the walk right now. No one cares how many wins you have, state cup championship trophies you've stacked, Twitter followers you've acquired, D1 players you sent to college, national coaching licenses you've gotten,...

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...

26 Oct Year-Round Periodization for Youth Soccer Players

Posted at 11:28h in Blog, Girls' Soccer Training, Periodization, Podcasts, Recovery, Soccer, Soccer Science by erica 0 Comments

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This much I know: youth soccer players train and play more than professionals. The year-round schedule is packed with practices, technical training sessions, free play nights, games and tournaments. And sometimes, players play two to three games a week with an itty bitty 24-hour recovery window. Excuse me,...