A diverse range of sports are essential for young, growing bodies to assist with skill development, strength and body awareness. Soccer is one of the most popular sports for youth athletes and roughly 75% of injuries occur in athletes aged 14 years or younger.
To reduce this risk of injury, age and sport-appropriate strength and conditioning programs are necessary.
Exercise based injury prevention programs, such as the Kids FIFA 11+ have been shown in studies to reduce injury incidence by ~30-70%, specifically in soccer. Not only are there benefits of reducing time lost on the field due to injury, these programs can also improve athletic and motor performance!
To help you reduce your young athlete’s chance of injury, Invigorate Health and Performance are introducing the Invigorate Kids Injury Prevention Program! You may have heard of Adult Injury Prevention Programs, where focuses are on strength, plyometrics and balance exercises.
However, our kids injury prevention program is targeted towards our youth athletes between the ages of 6 and 14, with the focus primarily on balance and coordination, general strength of both the upper and lower limbs, and core. Our recommendation is to spend 10-15 mins prior to training and games (2-3x per week) completing this set of warm up exercises.
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Make sure you use this as part of your warm up before hitting the court or field.