To improve your soccer coaching skills, you?ve got to make sure your players give their bodies the chance to perform at their best. That means sensible warm-ups and cool-down, before and after a match or a soccer training session of any kind.
enabling metabolic processes in cells to proceed at higher rates
and allowing nerve messages to travel faster
<Why warm-up is important in soccer coaching
To increase muscle temperature
To reduce muscle tightness
To elevate body temperature
To stimulate reflex activity related to balance and co-ordination
To achieve full joint mobility in the specific joints involved in the activity
To achieve full soft tissue extensibility ? muscles, tendons, ligaments
To enhance the functioning of the neuromuscular system
To prepare the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
To prepare the player psychologically for the coming activity
To familiarize themselves with the environmental conditions
Front lower leg: peroneals (shin)
Front thigh: quadriceps
Back thigh: hamstrings
Inner thigh: adductors
Back: erector spinae
Trunk: abdominal muscles
Shoulders and chest: deltoids and pectorials
<Specialized soccer exercises
#Kevin McGee is a freelance writer for the Football Association who offer a variety of online soccer coaching courses both for parents who want to help their kids learn soccer and for aspiring coaches who want to take their knowledge to the highest level. Sign up for free introductory soccer coaching courses online.