Training the Female Athlete

In this Podcast, lance Melanson interviews Diane Vives director of Vives Training Systems in Austin, Texas, on cookery effeminate athletes. Peter asks Diane a series of questions in regards to feminine athletes versus male athletes on how to train better, the differences between training, and the types of injuries caused from the training between men and women athletes. Diane answers with questions with research and studies that supports her theories and logical thinkings to her ways of training the feminine athlete.Diane explains that as trainers and coaches that we direct to neck with men and feminine person athletes that we atomic telephone number 18 seeing specific trends with female athletes that we fate to do a better job at recognizing. The evidence is that the females be lacking certain performance activities and more importantly that there be a tremendous nub of injuries in female athletes. The research is choke this up and it also constitutes that as coache s and trainers there be no improvements to these cases.The amount of females are dropping out of sports and fitness all together because of the forceful injuries being caused to these female athletes such as ACL and knee injuries. Peter asked Diane, what are some of the specific things that affect the females the most? Diane reported that incidents of 4 to 6 times greater ACL and knee injuries with females versus male and some times the number increases up to 8-10 times greater when looking at non contact ACL injuries. She included, that we need ways to reduce this number because injuries such as ACL and knee injuries are drastic.She also included that another difference between male and female athletes are the lack of upper body strength in females. As coaches and trainers, they are horrified to train upper body for females because they are afraid that the females will spacious, which research and studies show that this is a myth. Diane emphasizes that this is extremely import ant. When we train female athletes, the intensity lacks because we do not have a higher expectations than we do have for male athletes.We have to approach the female and really require a higher expectation for training intensity, Diane explains. Research study show that when you put a female and male athlete together and happen upon everything relatively the same with body, mass size the size of the athlete, and you ask the female athlete what they perceived their level of intensity is. The females consistently felt deal they were training at a much higher intensity than the males did. Peter asks Diane what are some examples for coaches and trainers to change to make a positive daze on their female athletes right away.Diane explained that in order to make a dramatic change right away, one of the best way is to take a dynamic warm up that includes flexibility, basic strength training and teaching plyometric. Diane includes the work teaching because it is important that the athl etes understand how to land and check in order to reduce any injuries and to have progression.Including basic coordinating(prenominal) bimotor skills that include speed agility and quickness drillsis also important into incorporating into the female athletes training to dramatically make a change and even cut back the ACL and knee injuries by 73%. In summary, Diane explains that coaches and trainers need to look at the female athlete differently versus being afraid of getting bulky and to have higher expectations. Incorporating dynamic warm ups can significantly shine the amount of injuries drastically in the female athlete. Its important to centering both on the male and female athletes and to increase the expectations of the female athletes immediately versus in the past.