ACL Injuries in Female Soccer Players: Time to Take Action
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...
View ArticleIn-Season Strength Training and Recovery for Soccer Players
This article was originally published on girlssoccernetwork.com It’s that time of year. Back-to-school, Fall soccer season, more practices, more homework, and ahhhh, it’s just so much. How are you...
View ArticleYour Period is Missing, Now What? Solutions for Period Recovery for Female...
This article was originally published by Erica Suter on Girls Soccer Network: Attention female athletes: missing your period is a major red flag. I know what you’re thinking: ‘but I’m not trying to...
View ArticleStop Training to Pass a Soccer Fitness Test and Train for the Game
Full disclosure: I’ve never jogged two miles around a track. I hate long distance running, so I avoided it like the plague during my 20-year soccer career. I’m proud to say I hardly did any long...
View ArticleDon’t Make Girls Hate Exercise
This post was originally published by Erica Suter on the Girls Soccer Network blog. Don’t make girls hate exercise. This is your #1 job as a coach and/or parent to young girls. When it comes to...
View ArticleGirls Soccer Players: Chase Health First, Then Performance Follows
This blog was originally published by Erica Suter on Girls Soccer Network. Warning to girls soccer players: never sacrifice your health for performance. Mary Cain, a pro mid-distance runner, was the...
View ArticleGrowing Pains to Growing GAINS: Empowering Your Female Athlete Through Her...
We here it all the time. “It’s just growing pains.” When a female athlete is going through her growth spurt and experiencing a myriad of physical, emotional, and hormonal changes, we chalk it up to...
View ArticleMake Female Athletes Empowered Again
Female empowerment needs to be re-defined. There’s a lot of fear mongering going on in girls sports that’s actually dis-empowering female athletes. “You have wide hips!” “You’re more susceptible to ACL...
View ArticleMental Health in Girl Athletes is Suffering Because They’re Growing Up Too Fast
There’s such thing as a Sorority Recruitment Consultant. This is a professional who you hire to help your daughter with every aspect of her sorority rush experience, so she doesn’t get left behind and...
View ArticleRemote Speed and Strength Training for Female Athletes: Is It For YOUR Daughter?
So you’re curious about speed and strength training? You know your daughter needs it to be her healthiest self. You know it improves sport performance. You know it reduces risk of ACL injuries. You...
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