#466 Erica Mulholland - Managing Injuries In Female Youth Sports
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Erica Mulholland is a strength coach who specializes in young female athletes and the author of Female Athlete High Performance.
Erica joins me to share her expertise on:
Are injury rates higher in young female athletes What’s going on with knee injuries in young female athletes What increases knee injury risk and what we can do to reduce that risk Is early sport specialization a problem for young athletes How private equity has entered and created problems in youth sports Talking to parents about the pressure to specialize Is there an age where young female athletes should start strength training How to approach load management for young athletes How to incorporate plyometrics into training How to ensure young athletes aren’t overtraining Thoughts on the problems with the “work/life balance” narrative for coaches And much more
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CHAPTERS
00:01:10 Injury Rates in Female Athletes 00:03:05 Overuse, Fatigue, and Volume Problems 00:05:05 Hormones, Cycle Syncing, and Injury Myths 00:06:00 Strength Training as Injury Prevention 00:08:10 Growth Spurts and Female Athlete Development 00:10:05 Plyometrics and Athletic Development 00:11:05 What Actually Causes Injuries (Fatigue vs Mechanics) 00:13:00 Case Study: Strength and ACL Injury Prevention 00:15:20 Overtraining and Poor Programming 00:17:15 Why “Imbalances” Aren’t the Problem 00:20:10 Reaction Time and Brain-Based Training 00:23:00 Warmups, Recovery, and Sleep 00:24:50 Nutrition Challenges in Female Athletes 00:29:45 Early Sport Specialization 00:31:50 Multi-Sport Athletes and Long-Term Success 00:34:00 Identifying Talent and Development Pathways 00:37:50 Private Equity and Youth Sports Issues 00:38:50 Parental Pressure and Scholarship Myths 00:40:00 Athlete Burnout and Dropout 00:41:00 What Youth Sports Should Actually Teach 00:42:10 Growth of Women’s Sports 00:48:05 Work Ethic vs Work-Life Balance in Coaching 00:51:00 Building a Career in Fitness 00:56:00 Final Thoughts and Takeaways
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