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The number of kids who love to play soccer has exploded in the last decade. Unfortunately, so has the number of sports injuries. Why? More games, more competitions, and early specialization have all contributed, but so have our methods of training them. High pressure to perform along with an increased volume and intensity of training has combined to hamper young soccer athletes. They favor one side, overuse one muscle group, and do it over and over again. This is a recipe for injury. In Fit 2 Finish, Dr. LeBolt takes a sport scientist's eye to the training of our soccer-loving kids. She distills the gems of two decades of coaching and injury prevention training to display the methods that have worked to make her athletes safer, healthier and more effective, all while never losing the fun.



About the Author

Wendy LeBolt

Wendy LeBolt, PhD, is an exercise physiologist and the founder of Fit2Finish, a sports training business which provides education on fitness for injury prevention, specializing in youth athletes. As a kinesthetic, movement is her native language and the way she navigates life. How our bodies reveal full life to us is the mission of her latest book, Made to Move: Knowing and Loving God Through Our Bodies. Wendy splits her time between Williamsburg, Virginia, and Sarasota, Florida, where she reads, writes, plays, and works (out) with husband, Scot, and two devoted dogs, while trying to keep track of the three young women she is proud to call her daughters. Her first book, Fit2Finish: Keeping Your Soccer Players in the Game, was published in 2015.



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