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Post by spartan on Jan 9, 2020 9:32:45 GMT -6
I was just wondering if anyone does anything in practice to strengthen these joints. Our S&C does a tremendous job with our kids in the weight room but we still lost 4 Kats last year, 3 to knee 1 shoulder. Does anyone do anything in practice to help strenghten these areas in practice. I know we do some hard cutting agility drills for Warm up.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 9, 2020 10:00:56 GMT -6
I was just wondering if anyone does anything in practice to strengthen these joints. Our S&C does a tremendous job with our kids in the weight room but we still lost 4 Kats last year, 3 to knee 1 shoulder. Does anyone do anything in practice to help strenghten these areas in practice. I know we do some hard cutting agility drills for Warm up. I think some of these type injuries are just bad luck, but... I took over an 0-11 team that had multiple season ending acl's, shoulder injuries, concussions. We played a brutal schedule. 6 top 10 teams that all made it to the semi-finals or better (different divisions). We were super fortunate and had one game missed due to a concussion. One game missed due to an MCL strain. And one kid miss 4 games due to stress fractures in the foot. 4 games missed due to a broken ankle in a pileup on a qb sneak. The doctor told me that he actually would have cleared the concussion kid to miss no games, but since he had a bad one last year, it was game 2, and it was a non-area game, it was best to hold him out. I completely agreed. The MCL sprain would have been cleared to play also, but non-area game. Stress fracture in foot also happened the year before. Not sure how to prevent that. Bad luck on the broken ankle for 1 tech on a qb sneak. We just got stronger in bench, squat, deadlift, and push press. We do pullups and rows. We also upgraded our shoulder pads and helmets. Ironically the kid with the concussion had his own parent bought helmet. Same one from the previous year. Here is the takeaway: Get your kids strong. Sounds like y'all do. I do believe that can't just be bench and squat though. I think the deadlift paired with the squats do make a difference as they help prevent imbalances between the quad and hamstring and help protect the knee. Same thoughts with bench. You need the rows and pullups and push press. I am not crazy about dips. Completely anecdotal, but it seems like we had more shoulder injuries when we did dips. Feel free to flush that advice on dips. Put your kids in the safest equipment you can. Be lucky.
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Post by spartan on Jan 9, 2020 10:54:18 GMT -6
Yeah, thanks. It is good to hear that we are doing everything. I just wonder if there is something else we can always be doing.
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Post by veerfan on Jan 9, 2020 12:34:02 GMT -6
I'm assuming these injuries, especially to the knee, was a result of cutting? The reason I ask is if they take a bad hit to the knee while the foot is trapped, then I'm not sure what S&C can do for that? I know we cut way back on our volume and reps, kept the kids fresh and the kids do a great job in the weight room, but we lost one to a knee injury and another to a broken leg. Watching them on film, I don't believe any amount of strength training would have prevented it.
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Post by NC1974 on Jan 9, 2020 12:46:48 GMT -6
I believe there are two programs, one is called PEP, the other I'm not sure, that have been shown to reduce ACL injuries in female athletes. Not sure if there is ant evidence for males. Seems like it would be pretty easy to incorporate into off season and even pre practice warm ups. It also looks like many of us might already do a number of these exercises.
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