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22 Oct Youth Female Athlete Strength and Speed Training: STOP Doing Random, Cookie Cutter Circuits

Posted at 14:10h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Long Term Athletic Development, Speed, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Imagine you have a doctor's appointment coming up. You're given no intake form to fill out. You know, the form before your doctor's visit that asks about your age, symptoms, current medications, medical history, and what you're currently struggling with. So you show up to the doctor and...

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...

06 Aug Conditioning for Youth Girls Soccer Players: STOP Running Off the Ball and Wasting Practice Time

Posted at 14:34h in Blog, Girls' Soccer Training, Strength and Conditioning, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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It's been 7 years since I wrote my last major blog on conditioning for soccer players. I'll link it HERE if you're curious to see how far I've come. This blog was written back in 2019, which means: 1. I'm old. 2. Soccer conditioning methods have evolved since...

31 Jul Girls Soccer Players, Summer Off-Season Training is Over: DON’T STOP Strength Training

Posted at 16:19h in Agility, Blog, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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"We're going to pause strength training for now. It's just too busy with practices, school, and games, and we don't want to overdo it." I get at least a few of these emails at the end of every summer off season each year. After two months of...

19 Jun Girls Soccer ACL Tears: So Many Fear ACL Injury, But Very Few Do Anything To Prevent

Posted at 16:55h in ACL Injuries, ACL Injury Prevention, Blog, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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This past weekend, I was blessed to have the opportunity to travel across the country to San Francisco, California to speak at the first ever Girls Soccer Network Soccerista Fest. Fun fact: I haven't been to the Bay Area in over 20 years, so when the...

12 Jun Why I Do Youth Female Athletes Speed, Strength, and Agility Training in Tampa Florida

Posted at 16:13h in Blog, Female Athletes, Uncategorized, Youth Training by erica 0 Comments

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A lot of strength and conditioning coaches would say they found their niche. I think my niche found me. And I'm grateful it did. You see, when I started personal training back in 2012, I worked with all walks of life - from the 70-year-old woman who wanted...

01 May NO BS Agility Training in Tampa Florida: Best Agility Drills for Youth Athletes

Posted at 17:45h in Agility, Blog, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Think of the best athletes in the world. Who comes to mind first? Maybe it's Messi, with his dazzling moves, sharps cuts, and rapid turns against pressure to crack a shot on goal. Or maybe it's Lamine Yamal with his exceptional vision to blast up the field and...

12 Apr Speed, Strength and Agility Training: Why ALL Youth Female Athletes Need It Year-Round

Posted at 18:48h in ACL Injuries, ACL Rehab, Agility, Blog, Female Athletes, Girls' Soccer Training, Speed, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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My job is simple: turn young female athletes into beasts. It's my one mission year-round. And I'm not talking for a quick few weeks where I train someone under a pathetic lessons model where I hardly see them. Or, they do training for a short stint of...

10 Apr Plyometrics for Girls Soccer Players: No One Does Them Correctly

Posted at 17:25h in Blog, Plyometrics, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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One of the biggest misses in girls soccer speed, strength and agility training is plyometrics. Or, should I say, mess? Either way, 99.9% of plyometric training I see on social media or at the soccer fields here in Tampa Florida are wrong for several reasons: 1. Girls aren't popping off...

12 Mar ACL Return to Sport Strength and Conditioning for Girls Soccer Players in Tampa Florida: Don’t Rush and Risk Re-Tear!

Posted at 15:54h in ACL Rehab, Blog, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Athletes who have come to me for ACL return to sport in my training facility in Lutz Florida who were previously untrained in a true strength program prior to ACL injury almost always take longer to return after surgery. I've seen anywhere around 12-14+ months for...

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22 Oct Youth Female Athlete Strength and Speed Training: STOP Doing Random, Cookie Cutter Circuits

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

06 Aug Conditioning for Youth Girls Soccer Players: STOP Running Off the Ball and Wasting Practice Time

31 Jul Girls Soccer Players, Summer Off-Season Training is Over: DON’T STOP Strength Training

19 Jun Girls Soccer ACL Tears: So Many Fear ACL Injury, But Very Few Do Anything To Prevent

12 Jun Why I Do Youth Female Athletes Speed, Strength, and Agility Training in Tampa Florida

01 May NO BS Agility Training in Tampa Florida: Best Agility Drills for Youth Athletes

12 Apr Speed, Strength and Agility Training: Why ALL Youth Female Athletes Need It Year-Round

10 Apr Plyometrics for Girls Soccer Players: No One Does Them Correctly

12 Mar ACL Return to Sport Strength and Conditioning for Girls Soccer Players in Tampa Florida: Don’t Rush and Risk Re-Tear!

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