Injury Riddled? Injury Free?

[rose4vb2]

Last year at this time, the board was talking about many different players that were injured.
This year seems to have been maybe a little more injury free, or are we just hearing less?
It is refreshing to see that many of the coaches, old and new, are open to different yet quite possible better training, and now seeking it by getting re-educated or updated on how to prevent certain injuries, placing more infuses on precautionary or preventative measures to help stop preventable injuries.
Who says you can't teach and old dog new tricks?

[BearClause]

I wouldn't know if there were any more injuries last year. However - Cynthia Barboza tearing her ACL was big news and perhaps more people paid attention to other injured players as a result.

[VolleyTX]

Interesting that you brought up injuries. I was just thinking the other day about how certain players just NEVER seem to be getting injuries or surgeries.... even players that have been playing non-stop volleyball for YEARS: Metcalf, Tom, Scott. People tend to focus so much on "over-training" when it comes to injuries.... and not much on genetics or technique.

I did notice that the commentators this past season were mentioned about a lot of players that were on Jump counts. It does seem like a lot of coaches are starting to focus more and more on injury prevention.

[AntennaMagnet]

I know Coach Dunning threatens to bench players if they are unable to land on both feet simultaneously after completing a jump.

Does anyone know about power versus strength training ? My understanding is that the former can produce significantly more lateral speed.

[tigger1]

Other sports have shown statistically significant less frequent ACL tears by combining plyometric training, with neuromuscular (jump) training. Perhaps the volleyball world is paying attention afterall?

[jump31]

Many college programs tend to put too much emphasis on strength weight training vs agility-based strength programs like plyometrics and other similar programs. Maybe some of these injuries counts would be lessened if the training methods changed. Many athletes look like they have over-trained with weights and get bulky as a result possibly at the expense of agility and quickness.

[beachman]

antennamagnet said:

I know Coach Dunning threatens to bench players if they are unable to land on both feet simultaneously after completing a jump.
You are kidding right.....?? If that was the case Barboza would have splinters on her big butt!

Does anyone know about power versus strength training ? My understanding is that the former can produce significantly more lateral speed.

[bunnywailer]

beachman said:

antennamagnet said:

I know Coach Dunning threatens to bench players if they are unable to land on both feet simultaneously after completing a jump.
You are kidding right.....?? If that was the case Barboza would have splinters on her big butt!

Does anyone know about power versus strength training ? My understanding is that the former can produce significantly more lateral speed.

Beachman sucks at internet. Can't even reply properly to quotes.

[IdahoBoy]

bunnywailer said:

Beachman sucks at internet. Can't even reply properly to quotes.

huh.

[3wood]

jump31 said:

Many college programs tend to put too much emphasis on strength weight training vs agility-based strength programs like plyometrics and other similar programs. Maybe some of these injuries counts would be lessened if the training methods changed. Many athletes look like they have over-trained with weights and get bulky as a result possibly at the expense of agility and quickness.

I think this is a problem particularly with the women athletes. Their skeletal structure, ligaments, tendons, etc. just wasn't designed for the high muscle mass and power that current athletes are developing. I remember an Oklahoma running back, Marcus Dupree (?) where he blew out his hamstrings and effectively ended his promising career. His coach likened it to a VW with a V8 in it.

[AntennaMagnet]

Beachmam, I believe the player you mention at Stanford came into the program with knee problems. ACLs don't always blow out in one shot, sometimes they tear a little bit at a time and then there is one event that seems like the "blow out" moment, but in fact the wear and tear had been accumulating much before then.

[sexy]

bunnywailer said:

beachman said:

Beachman sucks at internet. Can't even reply properly to quotes.

you think thats bad?? check out how idaho pays close attention to every little details!! one great example is his post right after your post that i quoted in my post here!!