Tips for warm-up

Tips for warm-up: Hey guys, I've been reading around and I found some good information about a new more efficient warm-up, you can read the whole thing on the official website which is - http://f-marc.com/11plus/home/ , on the website you can find the videos on how to perform the warm-up drills along with information and statistics, if you look at the statistics you will see that the injury prevention is significantly higher when footballers have performed the 11+ warm-up routine.

With a total reduction of 34% of injuries when the program is performed regularly it is safe to assume that it does work well for players.
One specific thing I noticed about it is that it has levels at which you should perform the warm-up if you want it to be efficient, and it is really important to get the right TECHNIQUE on how to perform the warm-up drills.

Here is a little poster to give you an idea of the exercises :
As I already said do not move on to the next level if you have not mastered the technique on how to do it. Part 1 of the warm-up is made up of slow running exercises which are combined with dynamic stretches to soften your joints and warm up the muscles.
Part 2 is where you need to do it according to your level, it is overall working on activating specific muscle groups important for the optimum performance in the game.
Part 3 is another quick set of running exercises combined with cutting and planting movements.

As I said you can find the videos on the website if you don't know how to perform some of the drills. I'm going to keep it short, I will mention more about the warm-up routine and how it has worked for me in general compared to the generic warm-up. In the next article I will discuss some drills for improving ball control.

Reach your potential football performance using this app

Hey, guys and girls.

I want to share this app that I've been using recently and I am currently very impressed by. Its called SportsPsych Performance Coach the app is essentially an interactive journal, which gives you a correlation feedback on your performance, you can use it to get in ''the zone''  before playing matches/ training. It comes with a few articles on sports psychology, which i recommend you to look at.

The screenshot above is the home screen of the app for Android, to record your results you simply go to Journal Entry  and fill out the rest. The variables measured are SATISFACTION , INTENSITY ,FOCUS. Later an evaluation is given on after a reasonable amount of entries have been made. For people with better maths skills there is also a fancy graph to look at along with Standart Deviation and Median to look at, but you don't need it.

Another plus for the app is it gives you tips on how to improve and after taking a basic test it gives you in order the psychological variables that affect your game on the image above these are Motivation followed by Intensity Training, Mindfulness and lastly Imagery Practice. At the end of each entry you can also give a motivational quote to keep you going chosen from the database the app has.

The app is currently free on the Android Market with a rating of 4.7 and is given feedback by mainly athletes as you can see on the official Android Market website - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.excelatlife.sportpsych&hl=en. 

Unfortunately the app is not on the App Store, but there is a substitute for it https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/iperformance-sport-performance/id539107092?mt=8 for the price of £0.69, I still have no information for the marketplace, but I will keep you updated. 

DEVELOPERS OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.excelatlife.com

Good luck! 

''Knowledge is true opinion.''

 -Plato