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[quote=Anonymous]Pretty much it's a mixed bag.  Having to do with body mechanics/personal build, fitness, early specialization, lack of training, too much training without rest, no stretching, etc..

My older son has had so many injuries over the years: a type of Osgood's (sindig-larsen-johansson); ankle sprains ; hip and groin injuries, etc.  He has a large frame, stockier build.  Males on my husband's side have a lot of this stuff.  He has very tight hamstrings (noted by our regular physician).  He was a late grower that then had a huge burst.  A lot of his injuries have been directly related to this.  He also is really bad about stretching---and we had to teach him about proper warm up not jumping in 150% from static.  But, I also have seen him get hurt when activity level is ramped up too quickly, like in pre-season or a 3-day ID camp, etc.  and he didn't prepare ahead of time with adequate training.

His younger brother literally has never been injured.  He is skin and bones and never stops moving.  He can bend like a pretzel, go down in a scrum/massive twisting of body parts and come through it unscathed.  He can roll his ankle and have zero issues.  His frame is very different from his brothers.  He is slighter in frame. He also kept playing other sports while older brother only wanted to do soccer/futsal from age 10-11 onward.  He is much more flexible than sibling.  He's the type of kid that will play a full hard 90 min soccer game and then jump on his bike when he gets home to meet his friends to play basketball at the park.  He will not rest.  He's like the energizer bunny.  Though he's 13 and really hasn't started to grow yet. Some of his teammates are built exactly like his older brother and have already grown a lot--they have been plagued with a lot of injuries this season (back, hip, knee, etc).  They are thick, large framed/boned and grew quickly.

We are hassling both our kids to stretch properly and warm up properly...and if they have been on the bench--start jogging up and down the sideline/warming up before going in (in cold weather even more important).  Also, getting them to do weight training (more for older son).  Older son's injuries really tapered off after growth stabilized.

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