Player Wellness Resource Center

From US Youth Soccer

Nutrition Information

·    US Youth Soccer unites with leading out-of-school-time organizations to combat childhood obesity [link]

·       Athletic Nutrition for Young Athletes [link]

·       Eating to Play [link]

·       Four Common Myths About Nutrition Among Soccer Players [link]

Sports Injuries

·       You've Been Injured - Now What? [link]

·       Ice or Heat? [link]

·       RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation) [link]

·       A Report on Knee Injuries [link]

·       Care and Prevention of Ankle Sprains [link]

·       Coach, My Ankle Hurts! [link]

·       Common Sports Injury - Muscle Soreness [link]

·       ACL Injury and the Female Soccer Player [link]

·       All there is to know about blisters [link]

Stretching and Training

·       Sports Training - How Much is Too Much? [link]

·       Benefits of Stretching [link]

·       The Hamstring Epidemic - Pre-Game Preparation and Injury Prevention [link]

·       Combating an injury epidemic and more on FIFA 11+ with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum [link]