The real reason travel players are injured in High School Soccer

[Anonymous]

I've been observing high school soccer now for about 10 years. I often hear the high school coaches and trainers bla.e I juries on overuse. While there may be some truth to to it, I see far more injuries that result in high level travel players when they have to overcompensate for the weaker players on the field. There are a lot more collisions, fouls etc in high school soccer and often the ref doesn't even call them. Additionally, when a player has to do the job of three players, they open themselves up to greater injury. Then there's the weaker players who try to prove a point against a travel players and either intentionally or unintentionally injured the travel player. Very few of the injuries are due to overuse and high school sports deserves an audit.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you’ve got a chip in your shoulder. Sorry your kid got hurt.

We just had a girl have an overuse injury in our team. She plays - rec lacrosse, 2 travel basketball teams, rec soccer and our second team at our age group for our ECNL club. Club takes precedence, but there are weekend days when she leaves our soccer game and has two more games lined up.

I don’t think you can make generalizations. Some are overuse, some are covering for weaker players (or, seen different, someone who can’t stick to their position and ball hogs).

[Anonymous]

Soccer kills the knees, especially for girls. Too much soccer and similar knee killing sports like basketball all year with no long breaks are the problem. But ok OP, ignore the science and research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been observing high school soccer now for about 10 years. I often hear the high school coaches and trainers bla.e I juries on overuse. While there may be some truth to to it, I see far more injuries that result in high level travel players when they have to overcompensate for the weaker players on the field. There are a lot more collisions, fouls etc in high school soccer and often the ref doesn't even call them. Additionally, when a player has to do the job of three players, they open themselves up to greater injury. Then there's the weaker players who try to prove a point against a travel players and either intentionally or unintentionally injured the travel player. Very few of the injuries are due to overuse and high school sports deserves an audit.

The injuries actually are mainly from the ridiculously excessive physical training and running administered by amateur ignorant coaches

Followed by contact injuries playing against low iq soccer players placed on teams for their physicality

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you’ve got a chip in your shoulder. Sorry your kid got hurt.

We just had a girl have an overuse injury in our team. She plays - rec lacrosse, 2 travel basketball teams, rec soccer and our second team at our age group for our ECNL club. Club takes precedence, but there are weekend days when she leaves our soccer game and has two more games lined up.

I don’t think you can make generalizations. Some are overuse, some are covering for weaker players (or, seen different, someone who can’t stick to their position and ball hogs).

This is a good counter point. Soccer IQ should involve learning when to pull back. And we have this issue on our 2nd level travel team now...kids over training, thinking they are too good for the 2nd team, ball-hog and play out of position, no correction from the coaches = kids who get hurt more.

[Anonymous]

It’s inexperienced players (non travel players) over compensating or getting frustrated and making hard or dirty fouls.

[Anonymous]

Our player takes special injury prevention training, doesn’t play any other sports and still was injured by a low in player who plays for physicality. The soccer sport is replacing iq with physicality now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s inexperienced players (non travel players) over compensating or getting frustrated and making hard or dirty fouls.

Our large public HS doesn't have any non-travel players/inexperienced players even make the team.

[Anonymous]

You can take a quiz on your kid's risk of an ACL tear. Lots of factors at play, but obviously over-training in multiple contact sports is risky.

https://www.chop.edu/news/what-are-odds-tearing-your-acl-sports-you-play

[Anonymous]

It is from overuse. HS teams don't rotate players as much as they should. Your assessment about doing too many jobs or ref not calling stuff may be true but has nothing to do with injuries.

What people don't understand is ironically the HS game environment is super intense, because of the "stakes" of each game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can take a quiz on your kid's risk of an ACL tear. Lots of factors at play, but obviously over-training in multiple contact sports is risky.

https://www.chop.edu/news/what-are-odds-tearing-your-acl-sports-you-play

Interesting sharing a CHOP article - Penn Fusion had a bunch of ACL tears this year, none of which were HS (futsal/regular season for the most high profile ones).

[Anonymous]

Overuse. Kids who play HS and Club are doing double practices 2-3 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overuse. Kids who play HS and Club are doing double practices 2-3 times a week.

Right, and add in kids who are also playing travel basketball or other high impact sports.

[Anonymous]

Overuse is from the HS schedule/training, too -- for my kid this year ... 3 practices and 2 games a week (which is more than club). That's a grind. Also, the wide differences in level, lax referring + 80 min games lead to on the field injuries. That's why I don't blame those who skip HS altogether, especially if they are good/D1 potential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overuse. Kids who play HS and Club are doing double practices 2-3 times a week.

Our state doesn't allow kids to do club OR if they do, they have to sit out.