- Title
- Acute effects of static stretching on hip flexor and quadriceps flexibility, range of motion and foot speed in kicking a football
- Creator
- Young, Warren; Clothier, Peter; Otago, Leonie; Bruce, Lyndell; Liddell, David
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/55401
- Identifier
- vital:969
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80040-9
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-2440
- Abstract
- The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of static stretching in a warm-up on hip flexor and quadriceps flexibility as measured by a modified Thomas test and on range of motion (ROM) of the leg and foot speed at impact in kicking a football with maximum effort. Sixteen Australian Rules (AR) footballers performed two different warm-ups on different days. One warm-up involved five minutes of sub-maximum running followed by seven practice kicks, while the other also included 4.5 minutes static stretching of the hip flexors and quadriceps after the running. A modified Thomas test was conduced before and after each warm-up. Players performed maximum effort drop punt kicks into a net while being videotaped to determine the ROM of the kicking leg and foot speed at impact with the ball. There were no significant changes in flexibility (p>0.05) as a result of either warm-up and there were no significant differences between the warm-ups in the kicking variables (p>0.05). It was concluded that the Thomas test may not have been sensitive to possible acute changes in flexibility from the warm-ups, and that stretching had no influence on kicking ROM or foot speed, possibly because of the complexity of the kicking skill.; C1
- Publisher
- Sports Medicine Australia
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 7, no. 1 (Mar 2004), p. 23-31
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Explosive force production; Torque production; Muscle; Strength; Performance; Injury; Prevention; Inhibition; Joint
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