How to prevent sports injuries in girls.
Girls get injured differently — and prevention that ignores that gap fails them. This is the whole G-MIP system in one place: the research, the programs, the printable tools, and a step-by-step path whether you run a school athletic program or you are a parent on the sideline.
Two paths in
Prevention stalls when people cannot tell which of twenty pages to read first. Pick the track that matches your role and work down the list.
For schools & coaches
You have a season starting and limited practice time. Here is the shortest path from zero to a running program.
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Read the risk brief
Ten minutes on why your female athletes need a different warm-up than your male athletes.
The Problem - 2
Start the ACL warm-up
The 15-minute neuromuscular sequence that replaces your current warm-up, block by block with coaching cues.
ACL prevention program - 3
Print the drill sheet
Every drill with reps, coaching cues, and the common error — one page you can take to the field.
Soccer warm-up drills - 4
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Download the coach kit
Warm-up cards, session checklists, and progression charts you can print and take to the field.
Knowledge Library - 6
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Formalize the partnership
Make prevention a standing policy, not one coach's side project.
Partner with us
For parents & families
You want to know what your daughter's program should be doing — and what to do when something hurts.
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Learn the warning signs
What joint pain, missed periods, and mid-season fatigue actually signal.
Female athlete triad & RED-S guide - 2
Check her team's warm-up
What an ACL prevention warm-up should look like — so you know whether her program is running one.
ACL prevention program - 3
Read the parent guides
Plain-language guides on nutrition, recovery, growth-plate injuries, and return-to-play.
Parent resources - 4
Ask your program the right questions
The Playbook includes a checklist of what to ask a coach or athletic director before the season starts.
Open the Playbook - 5
The prevention system
Six pieces. Each one links to the full section of the site — read them in any order once you know where you are going.
The Female Athlete Safety Playbook
Our flagship field manual: movement screening, the 12-minute neuromuscular warm-up, load management, concussion protocols, fueling and bone health, and criteria-based return to play — written for coaches, athletes, parents, clinicians, and schools.
- 6 sections, dozens of practice-ready subsections
- Coach and player checklists on every page
- Screening, warm-up, and return-to-play protocols
- Season-long rollout and policy templates
PDF · Free for coaches, parents, athletes, clinicians, and schools
What schools and parents ask first
Short answers to the questions that come up in every intake call.
Why do girls get injured differently than boys?
Adolescent female athletes tear their ACL at several times the rate of boys in the same sports. The drivers are a mix of neuromuscular control, landing and cutting mechanics, hormonal cycling, and training loads designed around male athletes. Prevention has to be female-specific to work.
What actually prevents these injuries?
Structured neuromuscular training — a consistent warm-up combining plyometrics, strength, balance, and landing technique — is the most evidence-backed intervention. The catch is consistency: programs run 2 to 3 times per week across a full season deliver the reductions research reports.
How long does a prevention warm-up take?
Roughly 15 to 20 minutes, replacing a traditional warm-up rather than adding to practice. Coaches who treat it as a bolt-on extra abandon it by mid-season; coaches who treat it as the warm-up keep it.
Who should lead the program at a school?
An athletic director or head coach owns adoption, but peer leaders run it day to day. Athlete-led warm-ups sustain far better than ones that depend on a single adult being present.
What should parents watch for?
Persistent joint pain, a limp that lasts more than a few days, missed periods, unusual fatigue, and a drop in appetite or performance. These are signals for a sports medicine evaluation, not something to train through.
Bring prevention to your season.
Tell us about your program and we will map the fastest route to a running warm-up — whether you have one team or a whole district.