Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Soccer Coaching Drills 101 – The Importance of Having a Warm Up.

Soccer coaching drills are building blocks of enhancing a player’s skill. Of course in every drill there’s always a warm up sessions that will help a coach and soccer player, understand its importance. Warm up sessions sometimes been neglected, and it is very important that every player warns up to condition his body before training. 

Players need to realize that while they are practicing, they need to develop skills and necessary techniques but warming up is just as important rather than being well utilized with soccer drills. Having stretched muscles, the players can cope up with rigorous training sessions. No player wants to have to quit the training if they know they could finally get the necessary skill they want to learn. And not even a single injury such as a sprain can stop them. 

If the players are ready but not warmed up properly, the muscle will not be stretched properly and will cause tension to all major muscle groups. Rigorous training drills like sprinting, crisscross jogging, defending, etc, can cause serious harm to a player if He is not taking extra care of himself. Other players lie to their coaches that their warming up but actually their just eager to play and don’t want to warm up for the big match.

Various methods of stretches concentrate on all body parts to keep the body well conditioned. A soccer ball can be a good warm up equipment; it can also help you perform various exercises that will help you feel conditioned before the game starts.

As a coach you have to make sure that all of your players is warming up well prior to the training or a match. Not only warm ups will help them feel ready but it also help them in preventing injuries such as sprains and sudden cramps. Above all, warm up exercise help you give an overall performance throughout the game.

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