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Youth Sports Coaching Mistakes

Better Coaching

Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. However, my experience as a youth sports coach has allowed me to observe many coaches conducting practices, games, post-game speeches, and clinics. Really, coach?

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the tears, and his pediatrician referred him to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. “It The ACL is one of these critical ligaments,” says Kevin Shea, MD , director of the Sports Medicine program at Stanford Children’s and Aiden’s doctor.

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Strength Training For Injury Prevention

PLT4M

While many athletes, coaches, and teams typically look for stronger muscles and improved athletic performance in the weight room, injury prevention is one of the most significant benefits of strength training. This requires actual rehabilitation and return-to-play plans that should be discussed with sports medicine professionals.

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Lessons from 2020: Future-Proofing Skill Sets for Uncertain Times

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Sian began her professional career in physiology, working with British Swimming, before obtaining her PhD in statistical modelling of sport performance with Swimming New Zealand, leading to a strategic role as Performance Intelligence Manager with Paralympics New Zealand. Will I even have a job in sport next year?! Employee ‘Shapes’.