It's not the stretching stupid!

Here is an alternative hypothesis on injury in sports, it's not a lack of streching but a lack of brains. At least that's what this study on "The relationship between neurocognitive function and noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries." seems to imply...

I guess the smarter you are, the more likely you can react fast and make good decisions to avoid injury. The group which suffered ACL injuries had significantly slower reaction time, processing speed, visual memory and verbal memory. The sport most likely to result in non-contact (ie, your own fault) ACL injuries was woman's soccer....