Health & Fitness
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When Athletic Shoes Cause Injury
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS of NYTIMES
Sometimes innovative science requires innovative machinery, like a moveable, four-legged robotic sled that can wear shoes, a contraption recently developed and deployed by researchers at the University of Calgary to test whether grippy athletic shoes affect injury risk.
Reasons Not to Stretch
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Most of us grew up hearing that we should warm up with a stretch. Strike and hold a pose, such as touching your toes, for 30 seconds or more, we were told, and you’ll be looser, stronger and injury-proof.
Position Statement Regarding Soccer Headgear
National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC)
What Makes A Nightmare Sports Parent - And What Makes A Great One
Written by: Steve Henson
Hundreds of college athletes were asked to think back: "What is your worst memory from playing youth and high school sports?"
Their overwhelming response: "The ride home from games with my parents."
The informal survey lasted three decades, initiated by two former longtime coaches who over time became staunch advocates for the player, for the adolescent, for the child. Bruce E. Brown and Rob Miller of Proactive Coaching LLC are devoted to helping adults avoid becoming a nightmare sports parent, speaking at colleges, high schools and youth leagues to more than a million athletes, coaches and parents in the last 12 years.
Does Foot Form Explain Running Injuries?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS of NYTimes
The members of Harvard University’s men’s and women’s distance running squads are young, fast, fit, skinny, bright, disciplined and, without exception, dutiful. Every day during the cross-country and track seasons, they enter their mileage and pace into an online training Web site overseen by the team’s coaches and trainers.
