Jimbo Hale...dynamic stretching

Hey Jimbo,

I see they are keeping you hopping here on the forum!

Coach Easton

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Originally posted by: TIGER ONE
Hey Jimbo,

I see they are keeping you hopping here on the forum!

Coach Easton

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Coach, you know its the only way I like it! Look at you...coming up on 2000 posts...all of them full of valuable info!

I'm getting things going good on the manual, by the way!

Have a blessed day, brother!

Jimbo

Karjaw,

To be honest, it sounds like the coach you went to hear was a complete waste of YOUR time. Not warming up is just an injury waiting to happen. Conducting a good complete dynamic warm up will not only increase core body and muscle temperature, but it will also lubricate the joints and stimulate the nervous system which will prepare the body for the upcoming sporting event/training session.

Kids playing pick up basketball are really doing an informal version of a dynamic warmup by actually playing basketball. Think of it...shuffling, medium/low intensity plyos, lots of shoulder rotation, increasing body/muscle temp.

The fact is, if you want athletes performing at their best while lessening the chance of injury, you need to warm up dynamically and after your training session/practice,etc perform static flexibility movements.

It's not always the case, but I try to avoid coaches that say something is a "waste of time"...this is usually a cover up that translates to "I don't know jack freakin squat about this, so I avoid it". There are definitely a few things out there that ARE a waste of time (like the strength shoes talked about on another thread), but to say that a warm up is a waste of time is ridiculous.

Hope this helps a little.

Jimbo

Jimbo,
We currently use catching drills with our receivers and QB's. For example our receivers will be approx 5-8yds from a QB and there are two cones about 10yds apart. The receiver then does high knees and runs back and forth between the cones until he is ready to receive the ball. Then he snaps his head towards the QB and catches the ball turns upfield and jogs to the other to about 20 yds away to another group of receivers doing the same thing. Once that receiver catches his ball and he jogs to the first group of receiver. Once we have had each receiver go through the lines 5 times we find their legs are warm up and so are the arms of the QB. Then we run easy fades along the sidelines to get both the legs really loose and the QB arms throwing a deeper ball. Then we finish their warmups with short rouote running and 3 step drop for the QB and throws. We started this because we wanted to make our warmups associated with the game of fottball and it allow us to get some skill work on the part of the game we have a hard time fitting into our practice. Then we would stretch after our warmups. Do you think this is OK? If not what would recommend as a good resource to read or watch to better understand a warm up?
Thanks
Coach Wright

I have some info from the Univ. of Minnesota on their dynamic warmups.

You can email me at jetsweep78@hotmail.com

JD