Save the Ankles! Make Strengthening i...
When my girls were small, they deferred to the other player. “Here, you want the ball for a while?” their body language would say. It drove me nuts. Where was there competitiveness? their assertiveness? their drive? They were just too polite for their own good. I was sure I was a coaching failure. Until we played other teams full [...]
Prepare Their Ankles! Youth Soccer is...
Getting over a sprained ankle? Got an ankle that always give you trouble? What do you do?
Doctors are good for diagnoses.
Surgeons are good for…surgery.
Physical therapists are good for… therapy.
All good. But you’re not done yet. To get back on the field again, you need to be performance-fit. Kids know performance. They k [...]
Everybody Wants a Piece of My Kid: Ca...
If I told you that rest builds and work breaks down, would you rest them more?
This is the question I pose to the well-intended but extremely competitive AAU basketball coach who is negotiating with the families of his starters. He needs those top three and, you see, they also play travel soccer. Spring soccer season is in the full swing, and [...]
Dear Abby, when you have a concussion...
I read in Washington Post columnist Steve Goff’s recap of the Spirit vs Flash 1-1 tie that Abby Wambach “remained in the match and assisted on her team’s 85th minute goal. But at the final whistle fell to her knees and later required medical attention.”
This in light of Spirit Goalkeeper, Ashlyn Harris’ comments: [...]
Washington Spirit’s Ali Krieger...
“Soccer or Basketball?”
That’s all I need to ask the girl at the gym. She looks about 16 and she’s got a 4 inch vertical scar down the middle of her left knee. She’s newly post ACL surgery. That goes without saying.
“Soccer,” she says. She tore it on Halloween but “just had surgery in December.& [...]
Washington Spirit Humbled in the Face...
It was a cold and windy night at the Maryland Sportsplex. The first night I could make it out for one of the DC Spirit’s pre-season games. Free tickets online. No excuse not to go, except for the drive and the family schedule. That landed me there on Saturday night, the last game before the regular season campaign commenced, to see the [...]
What Makes A Sports Hero? Not Potions
Who did you idolize when you were a kid? Here’s a multiple choice:
a parent or grandparent
a community leader or public figure?
someone with a cool job?
an entertainer or a movie star?
a sports figure?
Sports figure, right? Yeah, if you’re reading this blog, at least one of your heroes was a sports figure. Why did you idolize th [...]
Coaching Girls vs Boys – Is it ...
Here is a guest post from Mike Mancini, coach, parent and website owner of “Athletic Training Now,” where he offers health information and training for the youth athlete. Fit2Finish is happy to support others in the field who are leading the way to health in youth sports. Here…..’s Mike!
When my daughter was born 13 years ago I wa [...]
Core Fitness: Field Exercises to Buil...
Coaches, I know what you’re saying. Sure, Wendy, you’ve told us core fitness is essential. You’ve shown us how to do core fitness with the exercise ball. You’ve inspired us with your planking ability – oh wait, that was Alan Webb. These are great home exercises for the exercise video set and the really diligent f [...]
Core Fitness: Plank Exercises for a S...
Don’t have an exercise ball? No problem. All you need is your body and a padded but solid surface. (And I’ recommend securing your pets in another room. My husky sometimes gets a bit “too helpful.”)
Let me first distinguish this from the planking fad (balancing face down with arms at sides in tricky and often dangerous [...]
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