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Stretching Exercises

Stretching is vital for strengthening and increasing the flexibility of muscles and the prevention of soft tissue injuries.

It's advisable that your club formulates a stretching routine for all players learn and remember, especially when they're late to training and need to warm-up by themselves.
You should establish some rules to enforce your stretching routine prior to any other activity. Some players get to training early and practice end-to-end kicking without doing any stretching beforehand. Players also have a tendancy to leave the oval as soon as ball work is over.

Your club's stretching routine should:

Be mandatory for all players, especially those late to training who have missed stretching with the main group.
Take place immediately after jogging 1-2 warm-up laps.
Focus player's minds on the session ahead.
Not include footballs.
Last for no less than 10 minutes and cover all the following body parts:
- Head, neck, shoulders and arms.
- Upper & lower back.
- Hips, adductors and abductors.
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
- Calves
Be mixed with some jogging between stretching the major muscle groups on cold nights (eg head/neck/shoulders/arms then jog, upper/lower back then jog, etc).
Take place at the end of training after the final ball exercise.

Please choose the area to stretch: (members only)

Members get enlarged images and detailed instructions.

Lateral Neck Stretch

Rotating Neck Stretch

Diagonal Flexion Neck Stretch

Neck Extension Stretch

Forward Flexion Neck Stretch

Neck Protraction Stretch

Sitting Neck Flexion Stretch

Reaching Upper Back Stretch

The Stretching Institute have some great products. The Stretching Handbook and Stretching DVD contain 140 stretches, plus a lot of additional information such as treatment of injured players. The Stretching Poster is great for a changeroom wall.

Stretching Handbook US$26.47 More Information	Stretching DVD US$26.47 More Information	Stretching Poster US$16.97 More Information	InstantStretch v3.0 US$97 More Information

The Stretching Handbook
US$26.47

An easy-to-use, quick reference guide for everyone involved in health, fitness and sporting activities. Written to minimize the likelihood of sports injury and improve athletic performance, it gives coaches, trainers, athletes and fitness enthusiasts a complete reference handbook to assist with the planning and implementation of their training and rehabilitation sessions. Click here for a more detailed review of The Stretching Handbook.

Paperback: Ring-bound, 144 pages plus cover
Size: A5 size or 210mm x 148mm
Stretches: 135 unique stretching exercises
Photos: 150 black and white photos
ISBN: 978-0-9581093-3-8
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The Stretching DVD
US$26.47

The Stretching DVD goes way beyond just a series of stretches. It contains crucial stretching information to help you: Alleviate annoying back pain; Recover quickly from sports injury; Do away with stiff aching muscles; Improve your athletic ability; Cut your chances of sports injury; and improve your posture. Click here for a more detailed review of The Stretching DVD.

Format: Color, Multi region DVD
Run Time: 100 minutes
Stretches: 44 visual stretching demonstrations
ISBN: 978-0-9581093-0-7
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The Stretching Poster
US$16.97

It details and explains 30 stretching exercises from The Stretching Handbook in a visual wall chart for use within gyms, fitness centres, sports clubs, or for personal use. Click here for a more detailed review of The Stretching Poster.

Stock: Printed on high quality 150gsm gloss art paper
Size: 2 foot wide x 2 foot 9 inches high (60cm x 84cm)
Stretches: 30 unique stretching exercises
Photos: 30 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-9581093-1-4
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InstantStretch v3.0
US$97

Create as many Professional Stretching Routines as you want, Quickly and Easily - Guaranteed! Create them for yourself, create them for your clients; and all you have to do is click a few buttons, choose a few options and presto; instant stretching routines, ready to print out or save them for later. Click here for a more detailed review of the InstantStretch v3.0 software.

Contains: 135 stretches for over 35 sports and 19 different muscle groups.
Storage: Store unlimited clients and archive unlimited routines for each client.
Win version: Win 98 to Win Vista
Mac version: Mac OS X 10.3 and later
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