| Proper warm up is important for all sport persons, no | | | | In case that you as a parent notice that your child, |
| matter what sport they attend to. Even more, it is | | | | along with other children, is not getting the proper |
| important for youth players because they are more | | | | stretching before the training or the game, you |
| fragile and gentle. Absence of proper warm ups or no | | | | should definitely react. In the form of the suggestion, |
| warm ups at all can cause significant damage to | | | | it should be applied to the couch that stretching |
| players. For the reason of soccer being so energetic | | | | should be included. Your child is affected by it so |
| sport, it is very important for youth soccer players | | | | there is no place here for delaying it. |
| to do their warm ups every time before the game | | | | The proper warm up for youth soccer players should |
| or training starts. | | | | last from ten to fifteen minutes. If it is on hot |
| Sometimes, because of their age and inexperience, it | | | | summer days, it can be shorter. It should include the |
| could happen that they skip stretching their muscles | | | | stretching and also skills typical for soccer game as |
| because they do not understand the importance of it | | | | passing, dribbling and shooting. Goalkeeper should |
| and because they are not supervised. That is why | | | | have stretching like others but the rest of the warm |
| couching is so important. Right and professional couch | | | | up should be characteristic for his part of the job on |
| would never miss on doing stretching properly | | | | the field, keeping the goal. That includes warming up |
| because young players can get serious injuries that | | | | his upper body, too. |
| can prevent them from doing any sport ever again. | | | | Youth soccer players are just that, youth and they |
| Parents should also get involved into educating their | | | | sometimes do not understand the importance and |
| children about proper warm ups as one of the most | | | | seriousness of some things that needs to be done. |
| important aspects of sport. This is inevitable part of | | | | That is why parents and couches are there, to teach |
| every exercise and every sport so teaching your | | | | them how to be professional in what they love and |
| children about it from the beginning of their | | | | enjoy doing. And one more thing, cooling down should |
| involvement in sport will do just good to them. | | | | not be forgotten, as stretching after the game is as |
| Proper stretching lowers the risk of unnecessary | | | | important as on the beginning of the game. |
| injuries, improves flexibility and speed. | | | | |