Practicing a sport is an extremely important part of today's world, especially when it comes to children. It may be a team or individual sport, but almost every teenager is involved in some type of competition. Young athletes give their all and do their best to be their best. As a society, our focus tends to be on gaming; who scores or who wins, who plays the game and who comes out the winner. Unfortunately, however, while these are all important life lessons that need to be taught and learned, attention to the consequences of what competition can entail is often overlooked. Competition and physical activity can bring out the best in each of us... but they can also bring out the worst. In this sense, involvement in a competitive sport can be a source of injuries, which can have life-altering effects. While there are many injuries that can result from physical activity, in today's world one injury that is increasingly being brought to our attention involves the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in young female athletes. This substantial issue has become a source of concern for female athletes and will continue to do so if we do not act to make a difference. It is important to realize that there are many reasons why this unique injury occurs and there are many sports in which it occurs. To be honest, we need to focus and spend more time paying attention to the correct warm-up and cool-down exercise patterns that female athletes observe and/or practice. Coaches and athletes need to have a better understanding and knowledge of preventing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries using good techniques. More specifically, female athletes in Greenwich, Connecticut need to improve their health, especially with… middle of paper… not exercising the right way. Studies have shown that female athletes do not exercise properly. Alex Morgan is a professional Olympic gold medalist who suffered a serious injury. She injured her anterior cruciate ligament her senior year, right before her tryouts for the Olympic team. Alex Morgan worked with FIFA and made sure that no athlete had to endure the pain like she did. FIFA and Alex Morgan have decided to develop an exercise program to help prevent anterior cruciate ligament injuries. That said they created a program called FIFA 11+. This program specifically focuses on proper warm-ups and helps prevent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Alex Morgan tells FoxNews: "They (teenagers) don't really understand the importance of warming up, of warming up all your muscles before you go out there and play one hundred percent, everyone wants to go, go, go but you have to do it" . pay attention to your body.’’