Agility Training: A Potential Model for the Reduction and Rehabilitation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

ABSTRACT RECENT DATA SUGGEST ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY OCCURRENCE IN TEAM SPORTS IS NOT DECREASING. ALTHOUGH THE REASONS CURRENTLY ELUDE US AND ARE LIKELY COMPLEX, ADOPTING A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT SHIFTS OUR PERSPECTIVE FROM PURELY PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS MAY BE A GOOD STARTING POINT. CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE INHERENT PERCEPTUAL DEMANDS OF TEAM SPORTS AND THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY BETWEEN PHYSICAL CAPACITIES AND DECISION MAKING, WHICH ULTIMATELY DETERMINES MOVEMENT, PERFORMANCE, AND INJURY RISK. TRAINING PROGRAMS CONTAINING A BROADER ARRAY OF PERCEPTUALLY DEMANDING EXERCISE DRILLS DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH PLAYERS AND COACHES MAY ALSO PROVE A FRUITFUL ENDEAVOR.