Sentences with phrase «in soccer athletes»

Elastic - band - based resistance training and the Copenhagen adduction exercises can both increase eccentric hip adduction strength in soccer athletes.

One prospective cohort study in soccer athletes recorded data across 566,000 hours of exposure, and identified 4,483 injuries (Ekstrand et al. 2011).

Not exact matches

Playing collegiate soccer as a Division 1 athlete sparked my interest in nutrition and fitness at a very important time in my life.

A soccer star may lead the list of the 30 highest - paid Latino athletes (in annual salary and endorsement income), but baseball players are clearly in the majority

As Donike said, and contrary to what most everyone in Caracas thought, the $ 200,000 worth of equipment used there — two mass spectrometers, four gas chromatographs and two computer printout machines, all American - made by Hewlett - Packard — was virtually identical to that used to test athletes in Helsinki and at last year's soccer World Cup in Madrid.

An average athlete takes 2000 steps in a mile, and in an average 90 - minute soccer game a player can take 10,000 steps.

Unfortunately, too many elite athletes are choosing to skip high school sports, especially in soccer, and it's a shame.

As big as the former two - time Heisman runner - up is in America, soccer fans are still mistaking him for other popular American athletes.

Soccer Camp program provides the opportunity for student athletes to become familiar with the St. Francis soccer program and to train in individual soccer techniques on the ball as well as striking and tactical awareness.

With the World Cup rounding into full swing, we are watching the most elite soccer athletes playing consecutive matches in the heat of the Brazilian winter.

Here at home, with our summer soccer programs in full swing, we are seeing our young soccer athletes compete in three - day tournaments.

If athletes want to improve their skills as a player, they need to improve their athletic capacity, and becoming the best soccer player possible requires that they improve upon these three qualities in the offseason:

And there's the great Walton himself — born with feet so bad that doctors marveled at his ever becoming an athlete at all, obsessed with winning even in a team scrimmage or a picnic soccer game.

From biking, running and triathlons to skiing, tennis, soccer and hockey, GU continues to work with pro and amateur athletes to formulate a suite of products that work together to improve your performance in endurance pursuits.

The program provides the opportunity for student athletes to become familiar with the St. Francis soccer program and to train in individual soccer techniques on the ball as well as striking and tactical awareness.

His father, a fine all - round athlete, came to this country as a member of the All - Ireland soccer team in 1919, liked what he saw, and stayed.

Whether it's the ability of the athlete to juke a defender and break off a big touchdown run, kicking the ball explosively past the soccer goalkeeper or slam dunking a basketball after an explosive crossover move in basketball, power training is a vital component to sport performance.

Mini-Hawk 4 - 6 is the ultimate multi-sport camp that combines baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, and track & field, allowing young athletes to develop a passion for a variety of sports in one fun - filled setting.

For example; soccer athletes must be able to quickly accelerate forward to close out, decelerate, and quickly whip the feet and hips around in order to defend against a player attempting to get past them with the ball.

Football, soccer as its known in states, is by far the most played and watched sport in the world and football has seen some of the greatest athletes over the years and decades.

According to a recent article, a «debate is stirring about whether ice - for decades a medicinal tool employed by physicians, athletic trainers and soccer moms alike - is effective in limiting swelling and enabling athletes to return to action.»

It is particularly important for female athletes, who are predisposed to instability or dislocation of the kneecap (patella), pain and problems under the kneecap, and non-contact injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), especially in sports like soccer and basketball that require twisting and cutting.

The good news is that football and soccer coaches at public high schools in Washington State nearly all reported completing the required concussion education annually, concussion knowledge among coaches was high, and nearly all reported being somewhat comfortable or very comfortable in deciding whether an athlete needed an additional evaluation for a suspected concussion.

«This is disappointing, Comstock said, «since they had the data and just didn't present it,» an omission that she felt was was «really important from a prevention standpoint: if we want to significantly reduce concussions in youth soccer, [we need to know] do we need to ban heading altogether, or would we be successful if rules prohibiting athlete - athlete contact during heading were enacted and strictly enforced?»

«Having an AED in all schools not only protects athletes on our campus, but it can also save their life on other campuses when they are traveling for away games,» says high school soccer coach, Rob Sweeten, who was instrumental in getting two donated AEDs placed at Boca Raton High School after a 17 - year old soccer player died of SCA from a congenital heart defect warming up on the field before a game.

In addition to calling for state laws mandating the use of helmets in alpine activities, the study also recommends such prevention strategies as securing and padding soccer goal posts, as well as enhanced education for coaches, trainers, parents, and the athletes themselves to promote increased reporting and proper management of sport - related concussioIn addition to calling for state laws mandating the use of helmets in alpine activities, the study also recommends such prevention strategies as securing and padding soccer goal posts, as well as enhanced education for coaches, trainers, parents, and the athletes themselves to promote increased reporting and proper management of sport - related concussioin alpine activities, the study also recommends such prevention strategies as securing and padding soccer goal posts, as well as enhanced education for coaches, trainers, parents, and the athletes themselves to promote increased reporting and proper management of sport - related concussion.

The most recent concussion consensus statements [1,7,15] recommend neuropsychological (NP) testing in making return to play decisions after concussion, and formal baseline NP screening of athletes in all organized sports in which there is a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball), regardless of the age or level of performance.

A state representative named Jay Rodne took a special interest in Lystedt's case and decided to see what he could do to protect other youth athletes, including his 10 - year - old soccer - playing daughter, Kalyn, and 12 - year - old football playing son, Rye, from suffering a similar fate.

Rugby or soccer was reported as the sport of choice for 48 % of the injured athletes participating in the study.

Baseline and post-concussion neuropsychological (NP) testing is now recommended for all athletes in sports with a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, basketball), regardless of age or level of performance, but the timing and type of testing may need to be adjusted for children and adolescents.

The two most recent studies of concussion rates among high school athletes (1,2) report concussion rates in girl's lacrosse essentially tied with girl's soccer for the highest among girl's sports, nearly as high as the concussion rate in boy's lacrosse (not statistically different in terms of rates), and almost double the rate of the girl's sport with the next highest concussion rate (basketball).

The results of the research paper are consistent with those of a 2013 study which found that, while ACL injuries did not disproportionately affect female high school athletes overall, girls were found to have a significantly higher ACL injury rate than boys in sex - comparable sports (soccer, basketball, and baseball / softball), with girls 2 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury playing soccer than any other sport, and 4 times more likely to sustain such an injury playing either soccer or basketball than volleyball or softball.

The study noted that another possible explanation for the great NMT effectiveness in the mid-teen age group may be variability in the «quality» of athletes participating in the cutting, pivoting, and jumping sports such as soccer, volleyball and basketball in the younger ages, so that targeting NMT to athletes who are at higher risk results in greater reduction of that risk.

The McGill study is the first «to say that soft protective headgear for soccer significantly decreased the number of concussions for those athletes,» said lead researcher, Dr. Scott Delaney in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

Overall, reported concussions rates are more frequent among high school athletes than college athletes in some sports — including football, men's lacrosse and soccer, and baseball; higher for competition than practice (except for cheerleading); and highest in football, ice hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, soccer, and women's basketball.

Renowned soccer expert Karl Dewazien on cultivating confidence in young athletes.

He'll also share behind - the - scenes stories of his visit to the world's largest sperm bank where the seeds of college athletes are sold to those intent on having an athletic child, and he'll share his trip to a top soccer academy in France that explains why the U.S. isn't producing nearly as many great players.

One study tracked a group of athletes who played soccer in junior high and then switched to football, comparing them to a group of peers who played just football.

From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.

Brain trauma among football players (and athletes in other sports such as soccer and ice hockey) may be less the result of violent collisions that cause concussions as the cumulative effect of repetitive head impacts (RHI).

The current international consensus of experts (Zurich consensus statement), [1] views computerized neuropsychological or neurocognitive (NP) testing as having clincal value in evaluation for concussion and as an aid in determining when it is safe for an athlete to return to play after a concussion, and recommends formal baseline NP screening of athletes in all organized sports in which there is a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball), regardless of the age or level of performance.

In order to get the most out of this camp, the athlete should already be playing a high level of competitive soccer.

A former WPSL athlete, and NCAA All conference Player, Poskin works passionately towards «Transforming young soccer athletes by getting them doing and thinking in ways they've never done or thought, in order to get to where they've never gotten.»

Her goal then, and is now, to offer all of the tools to young athletes to find success in soccer.

The researchers in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) study showed that student athletes who participate in girls soccer at schools without access to an athletic trainer are exposed to an 8 times greater injury rate for concussion, a 5.7 times greater risk of recurrent injury, and a 1.73 times greater overall injury rate.

According to statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls» soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said female athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than male athletes.

High school athletes still suffer far more serious head injuries playing football and ice hockey than soccer, according to a study by RIO, which tracks concussion rates in high school sports.

Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, the team physician for U.S. Soccer national teams, has been a pioneer in researching ACL injury trends among female athletes and creating injury prevention methods for soccer players.

Virginia Tech will focus on athletes participating in various sports, including football, women's soccer, men's soccer, and women's lacrosse.

At the college level, one in ten young female athletes participating in sports such as soccer, volleyball, and -LSB-...]