Why this pattern raises ACL injury risk...

Dan Pfaff discusses early warning signals of Achilles ruptures, emphasizing the importance of noticing tension in the gastroc-soleus complex.

Twelve Achilles ruptures tracked this fall. Twelve athletes who reported the same early warning: tension, pain, and irritation through the gastroc–soleus complex. Signals show up long before the injury. The challenge is noticing what the athlete’s lower leg is telling you and understanding how that information fits into the bigger movement picture. This is the work of a trained coaching eye. The next Coaching Eye cohort with Dan Pfaff begins January 10. If you want to improve how you read risk, interpret movement, and intervene with confidence, this is where to start. If you want to build that clarity, the Coaching Eye Program with Dan Pfaff walks you through how to study movement and identify the patterns that matter for both performance and injury risk. The next cohort begins January 2026. All the details: loom.ly/NK783K8