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Volleyball ankles announce themselves. One landing, one roll, one moment everybody on the bench sees. Shoulders do not work like that. A hitting shoulder declines across weeks. It is slightly sore after practice, then sore…

Most sports have a spread of injuries. Volleyball has one that dominates. A prospective study of 272 players in the top two divisions of Norwegian volleyball, covering more than 51,000 player hours, found the ankle…

Every fall, a lot of parents and coaches find themselves standing over an athlete trying to work out how serious it is. The athlete says they’re fine. They usually want to go back on. The…

Every fall, a handful of seasons end in the same way. An athlete plants, cuts, and goes down. Nobody touched them. There’s often a pop. And within about ninety seconds, everyone on the sideline has…

There’s a category of athlete that clinics see constantly and that almost no training advice is written for. You’re not training for anything. You’re not on a program. You play — tennis on Tuesday evenings,…

Ask anyone who’s had it and you’ll get almost exactly that description. They pushed off for a drop shot. Something hit them in the back of the calf. They turned around, genuinely expecting to find…