FIFA's Injury Prevention Program
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30th Mar '06, 4:26am
If you work with soccer players and provide injury prevention programs, FIFA has recently released their new F-MARC 11 program. It is similar to the PEP program and the Sportsmetrics program but is based on FIFA's research over the last ten years. The link below is to their site with entire program along with video clips:
I just spoke with Dr. Krikendall, US Soccer and F-MARC member, and he mentioned that the program does not have to necessarily follow the exact 10 exercises provided but that these are just a starting point.
If you are wondering what the '11' is for, it stands for safety in play. The majority of injuries in males come from unfair play and the original purpose of F-MARC is to promote fair play.
all the best,
Coach Boone
www.soccerspeedacademy.com
www.footballfast.com
FIFA's Injury Prevention Program
30th Mar '06, 9:18am
Was looking at the video clips of the movements and it looks like the subject has valgus knees in the jump over the line, zig zag drills and the bounding.
I thought the programme was a prevention programme for injuries. Looks like there needs to some work on actually teaching the movements correctly. Having videos with poor technique on is not the ideal promotion of an injury prevention programme!
FIFA's Injury Prevention Program
30th Mar '06, 11:16am
"Was looking at the video clips of the movements and it looks like the subject has valgus knees in the jump over the line, zig zag drills and the bounding. "
Alex,
While yes technique may not be perfect, remember that these are pictures of positions and not actual motion. It is too difficult to assess an athlete's technique solely from a static picture without knowing what motion led to that position and then where the motion will continue.
I would be interested in hearing more about how you see valgus in the bouding images as well.
all the best,
Jeremy
www.soccerspeedacademy.com
www.footballfast.com
FIFA's Injury Prevention Program
30th Mar '06, 11:31am
I was looking at the video clips attached to each exercise and not the static pictures. The bounding video clip gives you a front on view of the subject running. I had another look at the clip of the bounding. The knee is not in valgus when landing (too quick for me to see) but technique from the frontal plane shows he crossing the swing leg across the midline of the body.