#466 Erica Mulholland - Managing Injuries In Female Youth Sports

About this episode

Erica Mulholland discusses managing injuries in female youth sports and the importance of strength training.

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 Instagram: @fitsoccerqueen 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…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Coates

Guest: Erica Mulholland

Topics covered

• injury management
• female athletes
• strength training
• youth sports
• overtraining
• load management

Keywords

• injury rates
• knee injuries
• early sport specialization
• plyometrics
• overtraining
• load management
• nutrition challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Female Athlete High Performance

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