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Interesting, why would you think that? Jordy has pretty much had the same wind-up since she was 10u. What happened to her was a complete fluke and isolated incident. I don't think this is going to lead to an epidemic of ACL injuries, it certainly never happened in men's fastpitch. I don't know of anyone who hurt the ACL in a similar way to Jordy. In fact, Jordy's injury was to her left knee. So, for the moment, lets assume Jordy is a crow hopper (there's debate whether she does it or not but lets assume she does). Pitchers that crow hop land on the back foot and an argument could be made that it should be the back knee (right leg for a RHP) takes the brunt of the impact when jumping and that's the one that should be injured. So, doesn't it seem odd that it was the stride leg that was injured when that leg would have less impact then the landing leg?
(By the way, for anyone keeping track, it's my understanding that they did a bigger procedure on her than expected. Initially I think she was only going to get it scoped but they ended up doing a rebuild while they had her on the table.) Either way she was out for the year so they just decided to fix it.
I am not surprised that you didn’t see this injury in the men’s game because women are more prone to ligament injuries than men.
With regards to Jordy, if she’s pitched this way since 10U, then it is possible it’s a repetitive motion injury. She pitches which such explosiveness that I wouldn’t be surprised if the repetitive landing/resistance perhaps played a part. However, not knowing her sports background or if she played other sports (basketball is a big one) previously it could have been something else that was causing issues over time. It could also be that the squats with weights that I imagine she had to do could have contributed as well. Maybe it was what she did while hitting or base running.
All of this is obviously just speculation and only her health care provider might know for sure. RHP usually stiffen that left leg to create resistance. All of that energy being transferred is a lot of strain to on that knee. It could have been a faulty landing or even a slight twisting motion that caused it. Sometimes it’s just a freak thing.
All I know is I hope she makes a speedy recovery. I enjoyed watching her pitch and the energy she brought to the game. I wish her all the best.