Research summaries, program insights, athlete stories, and educational writing from our team and network.
Millions of girls participate in organized sports, but the systems responsible for preventing, recognizing, and treating their injuries have not kept pace with the evidence or the growth of girls' athletics.
This resource focuses on the cultural, mental, and social safety nets required to build a true prevention culture, highlighting organizations like Morgan's Message, Voice in Sport, and the Women’s Sports Foundation. It provides immediate toolkits for schools seeking to eliminate performance stigma and fight for gender equity.
Ankle sprains are the single most common injury in youth basketball. This research-backed, three-step weekly routine builds structural joint resilience and drops recurring sprain rates for adolescent court athletes.
Two concussions, three elbow fractures, a broken wrist, a dislocation, two quad strains, and an ACL tear before I turned fifteen. This is how all of that turned into a question about prevention — and into G-MIP.
Female athletes tear their ACL at dramatically higher rates than males in the same sport. The reasons are biomechanical, hormonal, and — most importantly — modifiable.
You don't need to be a doctor to spot the warning signs. Here are the six things every parent of a female athlete should know.
FIFA 11+ was built for soccer — the mechanics translate.
Why coach clinics alone don't change behavior—and a practical, evidence-based playbook for lasting implementation in schools
Five recent sports medicine developments — from RED-S to ACL rehab guidance — every girls' athletics program should know about.
A practical roundup of recent injury-prevention research themes, translated into season-planning actions for girls' sports programs.
This post compiles elite institutional powerhouses like the FAIR Consensus and Stanford FASTR alongside the country’s top hospital-based female athlete programs. G-MIP translates their cutting-edge clinical data into standardized, frontline injury prevention toolkits for community coaches.
What actually changes in a female athlete's body during puberty — and why understanding it is key to preventing ACL and overuse injuries
A ready-to-run 12-minute warm-up built on evidence-based neuromuscular training principles, designed for coaches with limited time
A practical breakdown of neuromuscular training for female athletes: what it is, why it lowers ACL injury risk, and how to program it.
Debunking common myths about girls and strength training, with evidence-based guidance on safe, effective programming for young athletes.
This directory spotlights independent sports scientists, best-selling authors, and private performance clinics — including Dr. Stacy Sims, Christine Yu, and Sportsmetrics USA. It maps out how to turn complex metabolic and biomechanical theory into everyday, digestible coaching habits.
This post details the administrative blueprints, professional standards, and regional funding mechanisms driven by groups like NATA, AOSSM, and Project Play. It offers actionable strategies for program directors looking to bridge financial gaps and secure athletic trainer coverage for their local teams.
Girls' soccer features some of the highest ACL injury rates in youth sports due to sudden, unanticipated cutting forces. These five research-backed drills train proper landing alignment and can be seamlessly integrated into any team warmup to protect the kinetic chain.
Field hockey and lacrosse present a complex injury profile due to repetitive unilateral rotation and low-crouch sprinting postures. This evidence-based guide maps out structural targets to eliminate non-contact soft tissue strains.
Parents spend hundreds of dollars annually on protective braces and high-end footwear to prevent youth sports injuries. This objective reference framework breaks down what actually protects joints versus what reduces performance.
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome and stress fractures sideline thousands of adolescent female runners every fall. This structural training guide targets mileage architecture, foot striking mechanics, and tissue resilience.
Competitive cheerleading features some of the highest rates of catastrophic impact injuries in youth sports. This structural guide targets landing mechanics and wrist-to-ankle conditioning standards to safeguard flyers and bases alike.
Protecting female student-athletes requires moving past legacy, football-centric strength protocols. This operational checklist helps athletic directors audit safety standards, limit institutional liability, and implement evidence-based programming.
