It turns out that the most effective way to reduce injury risk is through increased strength, followed by improved balance.

There's quite a bit of controversy between fitness professionals and medical professionals about the safety of various lower extremity conditioning activities.

Hydration is a key element in proper sports safety, and a good hydration strategy will also improve performance.

It can be OK to practice in 100-degree weather, or it could be dangerous. It depends on the humidity factor.

In mid-July, the USA has averaged 60,000 new reported cases of COVID-19 for the last seven days -- three times as many as reported in the beginning of June.

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is a serious health condition typically affecting teenage athletes.

Protein intake is necessary to maintain muscle mass, and for most of us the best way to find our protein is through clean, natural dietary sources.

U.S. Soccer has added the Phase 2 guide, which reintroduces full-team training, to its Grassroots Soccer Recommendations Guide.

Active recovery is a process through which you use light exercise, tissue mobilization techniques, and even sleep to improve your recovery from more intense exercise sessions.

"It is vitally important that everyone involved in the process of return-to-play does so with extreme diligence and attention to the widely-agreed-upon standards and guidelines."

Every part of your body is helped by regular exercise and unfortunately that also means that every part of your body is negatively affected by a lack of exercise.

I am "refereeing" the live Bundesliga games on TV while also observing and critiquing the position of the ref.

We hear so much talk from so many involved people about the curse of overcoaching of young players. Why can't we just let 'em play?

We should all be aware though that this won't be like flipping a light switch and turn everything back on the way it was before the virus restrictions.

The San Jose Earthquakes' Tommy Thompson has posted more than 100 practice-at-home videos -- his rhythm, precision and quickness make these fun to watch even if you're not the intended audience