Why Skill-Based Lifting Beats Generic Strength Work – with Emily Neff

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Coach, are you balancing power gains with ACL injury risk in adolescent female athletes? Emily Neff explains a simple, two-session-per-week system that boosted jump height by 129.7% in eight weeks and kept ground reaction forces steady. She details a phase-based progression rooted in motor learning and real-world coaching, not just percentages. Learn practical steps to implement an Olympic weightlifting-based program with your female athletes.

Emily Neff is the Owner and Program Director at Relentless Athletics, a female-focused strength and conditioning facility that has operated for 10 years, training adolescent athletes. She holds a Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a research focus on female athletes, Olympic weightlifting, performance, and ACL injury rates. Her work translates lab findings into practical coaching tools, emphasizing neuromuscular training and skill-based lifts to reduce injuries and boost power in young female athletes.

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Original thesis:

Neff E. Effect of Olympic Weightlifting Training on Power Output and Landing Forces in Adolescent Female Athletes: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/kinesiology_doctorate/35/

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