Soccer players need Active Dynamic Warm Up

Have you ever watched a soccer team start a game and within eight to ten minutes they are down by a goal or two? I see it all the time. It isn't always due to one team being superior to the other team. As a metter of fact, in many cases, these teams that go down early come back and win the game.

If teams would consider getting their soccer players warmed up more properly, this slow start could be avoided.

An active dynamic warm up first starts by getting the player to raise their core body temperature one to two degrees. For every degree that a soccer player can increase their core body temperature, they get one to three percent more power.

Just jogging around the field one time does not warm the core temperature up sufficiently. I see so many teams do just that however beforethey play their game.

Soccer players as well as other athletes, need to first raise their core temperature and then stretch dynamically. Doing this will help a soccer player avoid injury plus allow him or her to be ready to play at a high level as the game commences. Doing a proper active dynamic warm up will help all players and ultimately help the team be more successful.

Stay tuned for the next post as it will be on do youth players really need to be so technical with the ball?

Have a great day everyone!

Gary