You will step into the role of an athletic trainer, study early signs of overuse and reinjury risk, and define a user-centered challenge for a 5-minute pre-practice stretching routine that could help teen athletes in Western Massachusetts.

You will investigate why teen athletes face repeated overuse and reinjury, evaluate trustworthy health and training sources, analyze movement and recovery evidence, and use that evidence to define causes and propose a 5-minute pre-practice routine worth testing next.

You will turn your research into a first design package for your 5-minute pre-practice stretching routine by studying strong models, making a testable prediction, planning your build, and documenting your first version plus revision notes.

You will field-test your 5-minute pre-practice stretching routine, collect soreness and mobility evidence, and document what happened so you can judge how well your design works and what to improve next.

You will present your tested 5-minute pre-practice stretching routine, show how evidence and feedback shaped your revisions, and reflect on how your thinking and habits changed through the project.