Soccer: Warming Up and Warming Down

The importance of warming up and warming down

Warming-up and warming down are both well established expressions in soccer nowadays.

Just as every sports car must first be warmed up and every sprinter gets ready before starting, so a football player must prepare him/herself both physically and psychologically for training and the game. If not, they risk missing out on achieving their potential and increases the likelihood of injury.

This book aims to inform coaches as well as players about the necessity and invaluable position of proper warming-up and warming down. In a way that is easily understood, the physical and psychological aspects of warming up are shown in stages of general, specific and individual warming-up.

The book contains 35 full and varied programmes for football warming-up and warming down ensure preparation for the subsequent demands of performance.