How to Avoid Tearing your ACL
Unfortunately, there is no way to 100% prevent an ACL tear. These injuries can happen. This video discusses the common claims that ACL 'prevention programs' make and the flaws associated with the research around injury prevention. It is simply not possible to confidently determine if a specific intervention reduces injuries. And as far as I am concerned, a sport coach is not qualified to be administering on-field S&C programming. If you look closely, the programs with the lowest rates of injuries are the ones with a qualified STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH. Parents must build a team around their child and include an S&C. Finally, I had my son complete the FIFA11 Strength routine and to be truthful - the demands of it are no where near the mechanical forces encountered in COD sports. The FIFA11 program might help a very untrained athlete, but it violates the principle of progressive overload. No qualified S&C would have a team do the same routine 3 times per week year after year. Even the 3rd level of the program was too easy for my 13 year old.