Static stretching versus Dynamic stretching – what is the impact on performance?

A recent systematic review on footballers showed that a static stretching warm up reduced subsequent performance while a warm up that included dynamic stretching and the FIFA 11+ can show positive effects in footballers. The review also noted that there is good benefit in doing a re-warm up again during half-time.The FIFA 11+ is a complete warm-up programme to reduce injuries among amateur male and female football players aged 14 years and older. The warm up programme was developed by an international group of experts and its effectiveness has been proven in scientific studies If you would like to know more about the FIFA 11+ and use it in your club then click here for some good free resources such as videos and posters http://f-marc.com/11plus/exercises/The systematic review is here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27901341