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  1. cthomas10

    One in 20 collegiate athletes will face an ACL and that is very scary. As a collegiate athlete, that makes me very nervous, especially since this is my fifth year being a collegiate athlete and I am only getting older. Clinical screening, the combination of plyometrics, strength training, agility and balance exercises, and neuromuscular and proprioceptive control are the methods that should be used to prevent this injury. I like to think that these methods help the prevention of other injuries too. I am going pray to God tonight that I have not jinxed myself by reading your essay, and I am going to continue praying that He keeps me away from those kinds of injuries. However, I can now say that I have been informed.

  2. cbriseno4

    Sammy, I knew that females faced ACL injuries more frequently than males, but I didn’t know that their menstrual cycle played a factor in that. That was quite interesting to me. The strategy of plyo-metric training, strength training, agility and balance is one that stood out to me as being one of the most essential ones. Not only does this mean doing it these types of training, but doing them properly. When I become a coach, these are the areas I will stress abundantly knowing the risk factor of female basketball players. Putting players in game like drills isn’t only so that they make smart decisions on the court but so that their body knows how to function when going full speed and it trains the body on how to react to certain situations. Do you think that having the coaches, strength coaches and athletic trainers team up to collaborate how they can prevent these injuries and what needs to be done by the coaches and the players will lower the rates of ACL injuries? Sometimes I feel like coaches know they need strength training to prevent injury but don’t know into full detail about all the other training’s that are beneficial/crucial to an athlete.

  3. ksalinas9

    Sammy,

    I have a love/hate relationship with your paper. The data you found on the risk of a female tearing an ACL is just mind blowing. I knew female were more prone to tear their ACL in comparison to men but not eight times more likely. I also find it crazy that menstrual cycles take part in the increased risk. Being a female athlete, I can’t lie, I’m a little worried I may tear my ACL this season (why i hate this paper). I can say I am fortunate to have read your paper, so that i am aware of strategies that will help reduce the risk of tearing my ACL.

  4. ataramona

    Sam,
    Before I even began to read your paper, I was very excited due to having gone through an ACL injury myself. In your introduction, you stated that with a proper prevention program, there could be a 52% injury reduction rate and that is mind-boggling to me! I have done research on this topic before, but was not trained nor informed about the proper preventative strategies. Reading your PLC Action Plan, I find it quite important that the athletic trainer takes into consideration the different sport and athlete when creating a program. I feel like these protocols should not only be implemented in collegiate sports, but there should be training for high school athletic trainers/ strength and conditioning coaches so that the athlete is being set up for success. I understand that this paper has the focus on collegiate athletics, but I feel like this plan can be transitioned to high school as well!
    Really great paper(:

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