I’m refining our preseason process for high school soccer after a spike in hamstring and ankle issues last fall… If you’ve implemented a 10–15 minute screen (single-leg squat, hop test, ankle dorsiflexion) plus simple prevention work like Nordic curls, did adherence stick once the season got busy, and what helped athletes feel the plan was theirs? Goal is fewer missed games without piling work on coaches.
We kept adherence by making a 3‑minute captain‑led “micro‑dose” in the warm‑up — 2x5 Nordics (assisted option), one ankle‑mob set, and a quick hop retest every other Friday — and putting each player’s single KPI from the screen on a locker card so it felt like theirs. Using FIFA 11+ as the spine made it coach‑proof: https://www.fifamedicalnetwork.com/lessons/the-11plus/. Would you try a captain checklist and one personal KPI, or is your pre‑practice already a jammed equipment bag?
, ‘compliance’ dies by week 3, but a 60‑sec ‘pick‑your‑two’ right after your 10–15 min screen (single‑leg squat + hop) made it theirs — each kid chooses two from Nordics, ankle DF isos, or RDLs and we post PRs. If Nordics crush them early, start with assisted eccentrics and borrow FIFA 11+ bits (https://www.fifamedicalnetwork.com/11plus/); could captains run the quick choices check‑in?
I’d make the screen stick by giving each kid a small card with their DF (knee-to-wall cm), hop asymmetry %, and Nordic level, plus a target — “own your numbers.” Then run a 60‑sec teammate retest every Tuesday to check one metric and initial the card, and put a simple heat‑map on the locker room whiteboard so progress feels like a scoreboard. Small caveat: if time’s tight, rotate metrics weekly so you’re not eating warm‑up; do you have a spot for the board or would a quick QR check‑in work better?