Strength Training

08 Sep Division 1 Soccer Speed, Strength and Conditioning for Girls Soccer Players

Posted at 13:43h in Blog, College Recruiting, Girls' Soccer Training, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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This blog originally published on Girls Soccer Network by Erica: A lot of girls soccer players want to go D1. But a lot of them aren't told the truth about what it physically takes to play at that level. Hi, I'm Erica. I'm a certified strength and conditioning...

27 Feb Youth Female Athlete Training is the New Women’s Weight Loss Disaster

Posted at 17:19h in Blog, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Over 14 years ago, when I started my training career, I didn't just work with youth athletes. I know, I know. I didn't always focus on this niche, as I was exploring a wide palette of clients, gaining a variety of skills working with all populations,...

17 Mar Youth Soccer Gets Load Management Wrong

Posted at 16:34h in Blog, Load Management, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training by erica 0 Comments

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To better prepare athletes for load, they must load. It must be progressed carefully, like the graph above. Soccer players must also train at a higher stress than game day, rather than doing the same, light to moderate, ad nauseam sport specific nonsense year-round. Eventually, they need to...

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...

05 Dec Home Workouts: Equipment Your Female Athlete Needs to Get Fast and Strong

Posted at 14:20h in Blog, Female Athletes, Online Programs, Online Soccer Training, Online Training, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training by erica 0 Comments

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Home gyms exploded during COVID. In the first month of lock down, you would be hard pressed to find gym equipment left to buy on Amazon. Everyone was snagging their dumbbells, pull-up bars, resistance bands, and for the more serious lifters, full blown squat racks. There...

29 Apr Hip Strengthening Drills for Youth Female Athletes

Posted at 13:56h in Blog, Female Athletes, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Uncategorized, Youth Training by erica 0 Comments

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The bad news is this: the majority of female athletes have weak hips. Ah, glad that's out of the way now. Let's move onto some better news...

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...

22 Sep Debunking Myths on Strength Training for Female Athletes

Posted at 13:56h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Injury Prevention, Strength Training by erica 3 Comments

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There are a plethora of reasons and excuses parents make that prevent them from enrolling their female athletes in strength training. Let's get right into it: The Not Enough Time Excuse If girls spend an average of 4-6 hours on their mobile device a day, or if they...

07 Jul Technique Tuesday: Bird Dog Movement

Posted at 21:19h in Blog, Blog Video Tutorials, Strength Training by erica 0 Comments

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This much I know: doing simple things is hard. And more often than not, the movements I am doing with my young athletes are simple. However, if they are consistent with these basic exercises for a long period of time, they are able to strengthen the total...

19 Feb Podcast Discussion on Mental Health with Two Amazing Female Coaches

Posted at 13:46h in Blog, Podcasts, Soccer Science, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Youth Training by erica 0 Comments

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"Go hard or go home!" "It's all about the grind!" "If you aren't hustling you aren't winning!" I'll be honest: I'm sick of the grind culture that promotes working endless hours, being busy all the time, filling your schedule with meetings, and forgetting you have a soul. As strength...