Protecting youth throwers

Erika Sandell-Savor joins us this episode to share some thoughts on how to protect your players and create a plan to prevent damage to their arms. By working on proper mechanics, you not only protect the health of their arm, but increase their maximum performance and endurance. We discuss best practices as well as introduce a new coaches arm training certification coming to Minnesota coaches in early 2020. Erika is a DPT and SCS with the Institute for Athletic Medicine, a division of M-Health and Fairview Health Services.

Erika is not only a Physical Therapist, but also and athlete and a parent. Her experiences give her an excellent perspective on injury prevention as well as performance enhancement.

We unpack current trends in youth sports as well as best practices for administering programs. Content is offered to help administrators, coaches, officials and parents run sports efficiently and get the most from their time and effort. Educational and entertaining, we offer ideas and stories that will help you learn and maximize the bang for your buck!

• No. of episodes: 22
• Latest episode: 2020-03-31
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