Preserve Your ACL & Accelerate Performance
To produce players who stop balls from dropping on defense, jump out of the gym on offense, and stay injury-free throughout the season, a volleyball training system must contain elements for both athletic performance and injury prevention. Performance training for volleyball players should include vertical-jump development, foot-quickness exercises, and lateral movement. Injury prevention should cover several areas that commonly cause problems, but the most noted issue for female athletes is ACL injuries. ACL-protective training includes correcting quadriceps-to-hamstring strength ratios, teaching force absorption, grooving neural patterns that correct valgus knee (the caving in of the knees when squatting, jumping, and landing), and developing strong postural lines so the shoulders stay over the hips.
As the athletic performance director for KIVA Volleyball and co-owner of EDGE Sports Performance, I have blended performance and injury-prevention strategies into a comprehensive system. This system has been a part of the development of many volleyball athletes who have excelled at the local, national, and even international levels. Below are some great performance exercises we use at EDGE Sports Performance that also help protect the ACL.
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