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Subjects The experimental group consisted of 10 male amateur soccer players, mean age . All subjects volunteered for the study and were given consent forms and thoroughly screened prior to testing, see Appendix A and B. Inclusion Criteria The inclusion criteria stated that the male subjects must play soccer at an amateur level and be willing to partake. Exclusion Criteria The exclusion criteria included any acute and chronic lower extremity injuries last 3 months. Equipment Champion Sports Watch model GT14-AG8740-C9-INST-PKG-R02 was used to time the subjects sprint test, as there was no access to Speed Gate equipment, a second assessor, with the same sports watch brand and model, was used for reliability of time. Cones were used to mark out the start and finish distance of 10 yards for the dynamic warm up and 10, 20 and 40 yards for the sprint test. The subjects …show more content…

A preliminary test was conducted two days prior to testing in order for subjects to be accustomed to the warm-up protocol. This was an effort to save time and improve accuracy on testing days’. The subjects’ height and weight were also recorded at the preliminary test. Warm-up Protocol The warm-up protocol for day one consisted of a five minute run at submaximal effort, around the outskirts of the pitch. Following this/, the “subjects performed each dynamic exercise…” (figure 3.1) over a 10 yard distance “…rested for 5-10 seconds and then repeated the same exercise…as they returned to the starting point. They were instructed to continually maintain form during the performance of each dynamic movement” (Thompsen et al., 2007) On day two the subjects were required to complete the above warm-up protocol, however, they “…wore a weighted vest… during the last 4 exercises (i.e. high knee skip, high knee run, heel kick and power skip)” (Thompsen et al., 2007) at 5% of the individual subjects body weight.

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