KIPP® for Coaches training session
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- Monday, November 16, 2009
- 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Decatur Park District - Indoor Sports Center |
1295 W. Wood Street
, Decatur
, IL
62522
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Calling all Coaches and Athletic Trainers!
The Institute for Sports Medicine at Children’s Memorial Hospital is pleased to offer KIPP® for Coaches, a tool to help coaches reduce the risk of knee injuries in their female athletes. KIPP for Coaches is a 15-minute warm-up routine of total body strengthening exercises, plyometrics, balance training, agility drills, and active stretching. This specific combination of exercises has been shown to reduce the risk of knee injuries and improve athletic performance.
With funding from Children’s Memorial Research Center and Office of Child Advocacy, KIPP for Coaches has been implemented in more than 50 Chicago public high schools. Results from this research demonstrated a 66% reduction in all knee injuries, and 73% reduction in ACL injuries. To date, the program has benefited over 1,800 soccer and basketball athletes.
There will be several training sessions this fall at a location near you. At the session, participants will learn how to:
- Recognize risk factors associated with serious knee injuries
- Incorporate KIPP exercises into their team’s typical warm-up routine
- Instruct athletes how to recognize unsafe knee positions and improve muscle control
Participants will also receive: