The number of kids who love to play soccer has exploded in the last decade. Unfortunately so has the number of sports injuries. Why More games more competitions and early specialization have all contributed but so have our methods of training them. High pressure to perform along with an increased volume and intensity of training has combined to hamper young soccer athletes. They favor one side overuse one muscle group and do it over and over again. This is a recipe for injury. In Fit 2 Finish Dr. LeBolt takes a sport scientists eye to the training of our soccerloving kids. She distills the gems of two decades of coaching and injury prevention training to display the methods that have worked to make her athletes safer healthier and more effective all while never losing the fun. Coaches at all levels can apply the Fit2Finish principles to every facet of their coaching warm up skills and drills game play post game routines recovery rest and preparing for the next game. Fit 2 Finish is the training manual and the game plan for the coach whos first objective is to keep kids healthy and in the game. Yes we must address the too much too early in todays youth sports but while we go about changing the culture the kids who are currently in it need saving. Todays coaches can start now by taking the Fit2Finish method straight to their practice field. If strong balanced healthy highperforming athletes are what were after then Fit 2 Finish will get us there.