3 Common Risk Factors for Stress Fractures and How to Avoid Them
Are you finding that some of the athletes you coach are suffering from stress fractures? Perhaps you’re hearing about athletes from other sports at your school also suffering from stress fractures. If [...]
Practical Ways to Prevent Injury in Specific Sports
Being an athlete comes with a certain element of risk: Some sports are more injury-prone than others, but any athlete can potentially develop an acute or chronic injury. Many injuries are preventable, [...]
Comparison vs. Competition: How to Develop Positive Body Image on Teams
For young athletes, maintaining a positive body image is difficult at the best of times, but when a competitive team atmosphere is added into the mix, that positivity can become even harder. [...]
Why and How to Easily Get More Calcium into Your Athlete’s Diet
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer Calcium is the mineral that is most critical for bone health, no matter an athlete’s age. But is your athlete getting enough calcium in their daily [...]
Red and Yellow Flags: How to Tell the Difference with Body Image
Young athletes are highly susceptible to negative thoughts around body image—and those thoughts can balloon into serious problems for your athlete’s health if not addressed early. As a parent, what should be [...]
3 Things to Avoid Saying When It Comes to Body Image
From an offhand comment about what an athlete is eating for breakfast on race day to referring to one athlete on the team as having ’the right build for the sport,’ even [...]
2023-24 College Cheer Rules Changes
USA Cheer’s College Cheerleading Rules Committee has voted through several proposals for the 2023-24 school year. The committee received proposals through the public portal and educational service providers, then sent the proposals to over 300 [...]
Athletic Trainers: How to Use the Latest Data to Support Flexibility and Stretching
The past few decades have seen incredible shifts in recommendations regarding the benefits, and potential risks, of different stretching protocols for athletes. Unfortunately, individual studies can have highly variable protocols that may [...]
How to Make Tasty Smoothies that Also Support Athletic Performance
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer While June 21 is National Smoothie Day, every day can be a good day to have a smoothie! This is especially true for busy athletes, as [...]
What is Sweat Testing and do my Athletes Need It?
You may be hearing a lot of buzz around sweat testing for athletes, especially as more companies bring out sweat testing patches that are easier to wear during practice and competition. But [...]