Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Soccer warm-up – A detailed warm up guide for soccer players

As we know that warm-up is the most important thing to be done before starting any game that involves physical activity. A well warmed-up player may perform better and lead team to winning the game by getting more soccer scores. Now, we will discuss every step in details so we have a better understanding.
Footrace:
Running is the very first warm-up technique that a player may use. An athlete may warm-up muscles by running slowly for three to five minutes. Running causes the circulation of blood in all muscles that increases the flexibility that reduces the chances of injury. The race starts slowly and then accelerates whole body. The primary objective of this exercise is to warm-up muscles and prepares them for working hard on an order.
Stretching:
Stretching is the most important phase of any  warm-up session. Stretching helps to get the more stronger, healthier and flexible muscles. A stronger and flexible muscles perform better and also prevent any kind of serious injury. There are different kind of stretching exercises for different body muscles.
It is very important to warm up muscles before any soccer game and most important are Achilles tendons, hamstrings, hips, groin muscles and calves. Players should be encouraged to take part in stretching exercises. Sudden and the dry moves can hurt athletes. It is recommended to keep breathing normally during stretching exercises and inspires inhale trough nose and exhale through the mouth.
Soccer drills
Soccer drills are very important at your beginning level, advance to the intermediate level and ultimately get your expert level skills. It is recommended to keep motivating athletes to get their expert level skills so they can perform really well in soccer competitions.   

Example of warm-up routine:

Race simple aerobic (3-5 minutes)
Stretching flexibility (10-12 minutes) 
o    Stretch the groin
o    Stretching the hamstrings lying
o    Stretching the hamstrings
o    Stretch gluts sitting
o    Stretch / reverse hurdler
o    Side Stretch
o    Stretching the quadriceps
o    Abdominal Stretch
o    Calf Stretch

Stretching mobility (6 minutes)

o    Both front legs swing back
o    Swinging on the sides
o    Lunges

Rhythm exercises (3 minutes)

o    Small jumps
o    High Knees
o    Big jumps
o    Jogging kicking the butt
o    Avoid kicking

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