" Dynamic Warm Up "

With or With Out A Soccer Ball?

• Increase muscle temperature
– increasing temperature increases the effectiveness of muscle contraction and wakes up the nervous system.

• Increase oxygen to muscles
-this gives muscles more fuel for energy

• Increase tissue elasticity
in other words the muscles and tendons lengthen in the process thus increasing flexibility decreasing the chance of injury

• Creates movement patterns for game situations
-for example mimicking the action of kick allows the muscles of the back of the leg (hamstrings)to move through a full range of motion “actively”
I find this point to be over looked by most coaches and parents. This is addressed in the sample warm up.

• knee to chest

• straight leg raise (follow through on a kick)

• knee up to hip height then out to the side (an exaggeration of opening up to receive a ball)

• backwards movement (exaggerating the stretch in the front of the thigh

• side to side movement (avoid heel clicking)

• moving lunge

• heels to buttocks


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