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Visit Sky Blue at the New Jersey Youth Soccer Expo

Published on December 31, 2008 under Women's Professional Soccer (WPS)
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Be a part of the fun with Sky Blue!

Visit the Sky Blue Soccer booth at the New Jersey Youth Soccer Expo on January 3. Join us for fun and games, great prizes, and much more!

NEW JERSEY YOUTH SOCCER EXPO

Saturday, January 3, 2009

NJ Convention and Exposition Center

Raritan Center - Edison, NJ

Don't miss these special sessions:

Training the Female Soccer Player

Presented by Sky Blue FC Head Coach Ian Sawyers

Clinic Area #2 - 10 am

Globally, more women are now competing in sports than ever before. In the United States, women's soccer is the fasting growing segment in sports. US Soccer and US Youth Soccer have reported staggering increases in the registration of women and girls playing organized soccer in the last 15 years. The new Women's Professional Soccer League (WPS), due to launch in April of 2009, hopes that this phenomenon will continue to feed the evolution of women's soccer, thereby generating a new, more lasting interest in women's professional soccer started by the former women's professional soccer league. Coach Sawyers, Head Coach and General Manager of New Jersey's Sky Blue FC, one of the founding franchises of Women's Professional Soccer, will demonstrate a activities and exercises that will cover the technical, social, mental and physical aspects of training the female athlete. If you coach women's soccer this will be an informative session to help you with your group of young ladies.

ACL Injury Prevention

Presented by Dr. John A Hurley and Chris Campbell

Clinic Area #3 - 10 am

A few years ago, a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that reports of recreation-related injuries were more common nationwide than injuries from traffic accidents. The report cited that children ages 5-14 participating in organized youth sports had the highest injury rates of all. Since an increasing number of girls are participating in sports, experts believe this is one of the reasons injuries continue to be on the rise.

The main concern of sports medicine experts centers on the staggering number of knee injuries, particularly anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears that are being diagnosed. Over a dozen New Jersey Youth Soccer players have suffered this problem in the last year. These injuries are eight times more likely to affect girls than boys; often those girls who play soccer. This session will demonstrate some state-of-the-art training methods and exercises designed to prevent these types of injuries. Coaches, players, as well as parents, are strongly encouraged to attend this very informative session.

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