Injuries Can Be Prevented

Approximately 70% of injuries occur in non-contact situations when landing from a jump or during deceleration and change of direction on a fixed foot. If no other player is involved this means the athlete is placing her own leg in a vulnerable position. The ‘Position of No Return’ is the movement combination that most often leads to ACL rupture.

To prevent injury, athletes should be taught better ways to jump, land, cut and complete their activity. They can then train with confidence knowing they will not find themselves in the ‘Position of No Return’. Raising awareness of movement quality is only one part of preventing injury and alone is not enough. To be most effective, it must be combined with strength, plyometric, proprioception and agility training.

To help do this our goal has been to identify an effective programme that can be delivered in a time efficient way as part of training. To achieve this we have reviewed the scientific literature and tried and tested proven injury prevention strategies

In addition to reducing injury, prevention training can improve measures of performance including jump height, hamstring power and strength, and symmetry between dominant and non-dominant legs. The result? JumpPerform. A warm up programme, which can be implemented in 10 minutes before training. As well as reducing injury risk, this programme improves performance too.

Guide to Preventing Injury and Improving Performance
Includes free guide for assessing your athletes

 

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