Acute Effects of Different Warm-up Protocols on Fitness Performance in Children

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects on youth fitness of 3 different warm-up protocols utilizing static stretching or dynamic exercise performance. Sixty children (mean age 11.3 +/- 0.7 years) performed 3 different warm-up routines in random order on nonconsecutive days. The warm-up protocols consisted of 5 minutes of walking and 5 minutes of static stretching (SS), 10 minutes of dynamic exercise (DY), or 10 minutes of dynamic exercise plus 3 drop jumps from 15-cm boxes (DYJ). Following each warm-up session, subjects were tested on the vertical jump, long jump, shuttle run, and v-sit flexibility. Analysis of the data revealed that vertical-jump and shuttle-run performance declined significantly following SS as compared to DY and DYJ, and long-jump performance was significantly reduced following SS as compared to DYJ (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in flexibility following the 3 warm-up treatments. The results of this study suggest that it may be desirable for children to perform moderate- to high-intensity dynamic exercises prior to the performance of activities that require a high power output.

Acute Effect of Different Combined Stretching Methods on Acceleration and Speed in Soccer Players

“…However, recent studies have showed that SS reduces muscular performance (Curry et al, 2009; Faigenbaumm et al, 2005; Behm et al, 2001; Church et al, 2001; Nelson et al, 2001), whereas other studies have reported that DS improves performance compared with SS (Herda et al, 2008; Little and Williams, 2006; Mcmillian and Moore, 2003). Many researchers have reported that DS should replace SS because of an SS-induced decrease in performance.…”

“…Although they have demonstrated positive effects of DS, they suggested players should perform SS and DS together, for a better adaptation. Although previous studies (Amiri-Khorasani and Sotoodeh, 2013; Amiri-Khorasani et al, 2010; Faigenbaumm et al, 2005; Mikolajec et al, 2012) have investigated the combined effects of SS and DS on power, agility, and speed; however, the results were unclear about the effect of the order within each stretching combinations on fitness performances.…”

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