I'm seeing/hearing more severe injurys.

[D.G. OutLaws 16u]

Thanks Michel!!
just viewed this free info.. Outstanding stuff! You don't need a Phd to understand the science behind the female anatomy to conclude that female athletes require spacific workout programs. Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, team physician for U.S. Soccer also cofirms in these short videos an increase in female athlete knee injurys with scientific simple ways of prevention... A breath of fresh air!

 

[SBFAMILY]

More and more articles support that we must train females differently. Quote"
1.Non-contact ACL injuries often occur with the knee at modest flexion along with a valgus motion.
2.Quadriceps contraction applies an anterior shear force on the tibia.
3.The above mentioned quadriceps contraction can cause an ACL injury if the knee flexion angle is less than 30 degrees and the hamstring musculature does not supply necessary posterior shear force (when functioning well, the hamstrings provide a counter force which pulls the tibia back from any translation forward).
Given these points and knowing that female athletes are more prone to non-contact ACL injuries, several assumptions can be made –
1.Young female athletes likely do not show as great a degree of knee flexion and yet more valgus motion than do young male athletes during athletic events and/or training.
2.Young female athletes likely have stronger anterior thigh dominance than posterior (i.e. more quadriceps involvement than hamstring involvement) during athletic events or training. This factor, of course, has influence over the anterior versus posterior shearing forces.
If these assumptions are true, and in fact basic biological factors (such as Q-angle) are not entirely to blame for this ACL epidemic, then does poor coaching play a role, at least to some degree, in the female ACL injury syndrome?

Now keep this in mind when some on here are posting drills they use with males!

 

[PEPPERS]

Local High School Coaches May be Injuring Female Softball Players

ACL Injury Prevention For Female Soccer Players - Soccer


ACL Injuries in Young Female Athletes | Fastpitch Parents

More and more articles support that we must train females differently. Quote"
1.Non-contact ACL injuries often occur with the knee at modest flexion along with a valgus motion.
2.Quadriceps contraction applies an anterior shear force on the tibia.
3.The above mentioned quadriceps contraction can cause an ACL injury if the knee flexion angle is less than 30 degrees and the hamstring musculature does not supply necessary posterior shear force (when functioning well, the hamstrings provide a counter force which pulls the tibia back from any translation forward).
Given these points and knowing that female athletes are more prone to non-contact ACL injuries, several assumptions can be made –
1.Young female athletes likely do not show as great a degree of knee flexion and yet more valgus motion than do young male athletes during athletic events and/or training.
2.Young female athletes likely have stronger anterior thigh dominance than posterior (i.e. more quadriceps involvement than hamstring involvement) during athletic events or training. This factor, of course, has influence over the anterior versus posterior shearing forces.
If these assumptions are true, and in fact basic biological factors (such as Q-angle) are not entirely to blame for this ACL epidemic, then does poor coaching play a role, at least to some degree, in the female ACL injury syndrome?

Now keep this in mind when some on here are posting drills they use with males!

Thanks SB some good articles on the subject!

 

[D.G. OutLaws 16u]

Thanks SBFAMILY.
I feel like vomiting now.
That newsletter about High School Coaches was posted April 3rd 2005!! 6 years ago!! Its sickening knowing progress hasn't been made. Even worse is this quote putting it in to what seems to matter most.... dollars. "The latest research reveals female athletes spend $646 million each year on knee surgeries alone, compared to an estimated $81 million for male athletes." HELLO.... ya think the ratio has an even broader spread seeing as how were in 2011 !!! I thought equal rights were a thing in the past

 

[SBFAMILY]

All you have to do is read posts on this site. Many still feel that this isn't an issue. Yet the $$$ above say something is wrong. Bustos is one heck of a softball player and yet some of the stuff posted on this site she wouldn't do? Topping had two ACL Injuries in college before she played with team USA. Talking to her she told me they could have been prevented if coaches had known how to train and work with the female player.