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Sport Science Revision sheet
Why do we warm up?
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Prevent Injury and muscle stiffness
Ensure muscles are warm
Prepare the body physically and mentally
Raise the heart rate gradually
What is involved in a warm up?
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Pulse raiser (5 mins)– gentle jogging or light exercise to raise
the heart rate gradually and increase body temperature.
Ideally this needs to directly relate to the sporting activity.
For example, if taking part in football the pulse raiser should
include a football.
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Dynamic stretching (5 mins) - This will help reduce muscle
stiffness and should be appropriate to movements that will be
experienced in the sport/event. Make sure you start at the
ankles and work your way up the body so no muscles are
missed out. Stretches should be held for 5-8 seconds and
emphasis is on quality not quantity.
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Skills related to the activity (5-10 mins) – Introduce basic skills
into the warm up that will relate to what you are going to do in
the main session. For example in Rugby you may introduce
some basic ball handling skills and then build on these in the
main session.
HOMEWORK
Revise for Half term test topics to revise for….
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Sports Injuries
Sponsorship in Sport
Media in Sport
Warm ups