Investigation into the life span of the physiological and performance benefits of a soccer warm-up.

The purpose of this study was to determine the time course of the performance and physiological changes that occur in response to a pre-match soccer warm-up. Data was collected on twelve academy soccer players, over five consecutive days. Measures of temperature, power, reactive strength, speed, agility and soccer skill were tested at ten-minute intervals over fifty minutes of inactivity following the pre-match soccer warm-up. The study found that performance variables declined at different rates throughout the periods of inactivity. Significant decrements in performance were observed in countermovement vertical jump and heartrate following ten minutes of inactivity.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

MRes

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Robert Gordon University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Symon, Kevin Gordon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Paul Alan Swinton, Eimear Dolan and Katherine Burgess

• Soccer warm up
• Football warm up
• Substitution in sports
• Soccer performance
• Football performance
• Inactivity during sport
• Warm up benefits

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

oai:rgu-repository.worktribe.com:248882

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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