11 ACL injuries so far this season in 4 weeks. That's an absolutely staggering number. 
What can be done to better protect these women?
What can be done to better protect these women?
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Knee injuries
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The changes that could fix AFLW's ACL problem
Whilst there's some good points here, this article mainly seems like a push by this writer to make the women's game professional so I'm not entirely convinced by her opinion piece.
Given the spate of injuries though, questions must be asked whether women's bodies are built for the rigors of football currently.
Fact is many of these girls have not grown up playing Australian Rules footy. Does that matter?..
Have the muscles in their legs developed around the knee sufficiently to deal with the amount of twisting/turning & impact required? Are they anatomically built for the game?
These are hard questions that likely won't get asked because most people are too afraid of the backlash. I'll no doubt have someone howl at me for asking them here.
However the spate of knee injuries in AFLW is the elephant in the room & someone needs to get to the bottom of it by asking why.
The changes that could fix AFLW's ACL problem
Whilst there's some good points here, this article mainly seems like a push by this writer to make the women's game professional so I'm not entirely convinced by her opinion piece.
Given the spate of injuries though, questions must be asked whether women's bodies are built for the rigors of football currently.
Fact is many of these girls have not grown up playing Australian Rules footy. Does that matter?..
Have the muscles in their legs developed around the knee sufficiently to deal with the amount of twisting/turning & impact required? Are they anatomically built for the game?
These are hard questions that likely won't get asked because most people are too afraid of the backlash. I'll no doubt have someone howl at me for asking them here.
However the spate of knee injuries in AFLW is the elephant in the room & someone needs to get to the bottom of it by asking why.
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thanks.
The AFLW grounds in summertime would be harder than the docklands /WA grounds in June.... depends when the tests were done.
Though I have no information or training, so its unlikely that I will be that rich individual.
They may not even become rich, as the information would get out. But they would definitely get an exercise named after them -> the Hilfintompler squat that builds stronger knees and prevents ACL injuries
The AFLW grounds in summertime would be harder than the docklands /WA grounds in June.... depends when the tests were done.
Though I have no information or training, so its unlikely that I will be that rich individual.
They may not even become rich, as the information would get out. But they would definitely get an exercise named after them -> the Hilfintompler squat that builds stronger knees and prevents ACL injuries
It's not an AFL-based issue. It is fact that women have a much higher rate of ACL injuries in sport full stop. 70% of ACL injuries are apparently non-contact based. For this reason I believe it is to do with body makeup. I'm not sure there is a solution. Just have to accept that a certain percentage of women, like men, will sustain an ACL injury playing sport.
