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Great training information This site has a great training section: check it out... About ExpertFootball.com ExpertFootball.com has been online since January of 2004. Our parent website was originally founded in end of 1999 under the name BGFootball. ExpertFootball has been following the legacy of its predecessor by providing quality free content mostly concentrated in the field of soccer training and history. FIFA Laws of the Game This is the official rules of the game as released by FIFA in July 2001. Additional rules which govern play in CCSL can be found here. Helping Girls Move 'Like Boys' Cuts Knee Injuries Thu Feb 21, 1:21 PM ET By Peggy Peck NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The best way to prevent serious knee injuries in female athletes may be to teach them to "run, jump and pivot like boys," a new study suggests. Compared to males playing the same sport and position, girls and women playing soccer, basketball and volleyball are two to eight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the major stabilizer of the knee. Dr. Letha Griffin of the University of Georgia in Augusta and Dr. Bert Mandelbaum of the Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Research Foundation in California tested a special training program in female soccer players and found it cut their rate of ACL tears--commonly referred to as "blown knees"--by 88%. The findings were presented this week at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting in Dallas. The researchers compared knee injuries among 1,041 female soccer players enrolled in the Prevent injury and Enhance Performance (PEP) program to injuries in 1,902 players who did not enroll in the course. All of the athletes played for the Coast Soccer League of Southern California. At the end of the season, the PEP-trained players had only two ACL tears, compared with 32 in the non-trained group, Mandelbaum reported. The PEP program, a comprehensive training system, consists of a special 20-minute warm-up that includes special avoidance techniques, stretching, strengthening, jumping and sports-specific agilities. The program concentrates on "running, jumping and pivoting with knees bent," said Griffin, who is head physician for all sports teams at the University of Georgia. Girls, Griffin said, do move differently than boys. Even the casual observer watching boys and girls play soccer, she added, could spot the differences. "Girls run and pivot in a stiff-legged, upright posture. Boys, on the other hand, have knees bent and play low to the ground." In an interview with Reuters Health, Griffin said that orthopaedic surgeons have offered several different theories to explain the gender differences in ACL injuries. "Anatomy, of course, is a popular explanation," she said. "Others have theorized that hormones may play a role, but anatomy cannot be changed and hormones should not be manipulated," she said. But biomechanics, she added, "can and should be manipulated" to prevent injury. |
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