Dynamic Warm Up for Soccer Players

Hey Everyone!



There are so many soccer players and teams still warming up improperly, it is scary!



I see too many soccer teams take a light jog around half the field and then go into the middle of the field, make a circle and stretch statically. A static stretch is basically a stationary stretch where you hold the stretch for maybe 10-15 seconds and then release the stretch. You do not want to statically stretch before a game or a practice, instead soccer players want to do an active dynamic warm up before the game or practice.



If your soccer team stretches statically before the game, stop it and introduce them to the active dynamic warm up. Here is why; when you stretch statically, you start to microscopically tear the muscles you are stretching. When that happens, your body starts to inhibit your neuro-muscular system. Your neuro-muscular system is the system soccer players need to use to be athletic. So instead of shutting it down, you will want to activate it. In other words, using an active dynamic warmup will activate your neuro-muscular sytem allowing the player to be more explosive and be more ready to play their soccer game.



In the next post, I'll talk about why to raise a soccer players core temperature up before dynamically stretching.



Gary Christopher

http://www.soccerandspeedcoach.com/