Longo needs to go

[NDCHAMP23]

BD is right whether or not his reasoning is exactly right. Non-contact ACL injuries can be prevented by having good movement patterns - and even elite athletes can have poor movement patterns. cf.

And to be fair - this basic understanding does not seem to be very prevalent in physical therapy/strength and conditioning. In other words, there is a lot of ignorance out there about these basic things.

Football is a 'unstable' environment and if you spend all your time training in a 'stable' environment you're body is not prepared for this unstable playing conditions. Eg Bench press lying on your back is 'stable' vs standing on one leg doing a unilateral chest press on the cable crossovers is a 'unstable' environment!! Squats with equal weight on each foot is a 'stable' environment while reaching to a bench with a dumbbell on one leg is an unstable environment!! Just because someone can squat a lot of weight doesn't mean they have a stable knee joint!! Tranquil and Folston both NON contact injuires is proof of that! ACL injuries are preventable!! I'm not an 'amateur' I've trained NFL player post Rehab and I am certified with NASM PES and CES and NSCA-CSCS. You can google both certs plus a Masters degree in Exercise Phys!

 

[Johnnie82]

When I think about Tranquill's injury, he jumped in the air and was spinning so that he could end up back to back with Schmidt. They bumped into each other which will throw you out of balance. so now you have a body coming down to earth, rotational momentum from the spin, and you are not coming down straight because of the bump. with all of these factors it is not far-fetched that something could happen. If the foot is not landing squarely on the ground then you see the knee buckle inward. to me it was a freak accident.

 

[NDCHAMP23]

When I think about Tranquill's injury, he jumped in the air and was spinning so that he could end up back to back with Schmidt. They bumped into each other which will throw you out of balance. so now you have a body coming down to earth, rotational momentum from the spin, and you are not coming down straight because of the bump. with all of these factors it is not far-fetched that something could happen. If the foot is not landing squarely on the ground then you see the knee buckle inward. to me it was a freak accident.

Yea that sounds reasonable until one thinks a) it is not like he was doing some gymnastic move that he's never tried before and b) the movement pattern that you practice is the movement pattern you will revert to when you are performing these freestyle type movements.