Effect Of Neuromuscular Warm Up On Explosive Strength And Change Of Direction Ability Of Soccer Players

Abstract

The study aimed to know the effect of the neuromuscular warm-up program on explosive strength and change of direction ability of soccer players.The study included 20 players of the U17 category from JSD team of the Algerian second Amateur Championship, and were randomly divided equally into two groups, experimental and control (10 players per group). The experimental group performed FIFA 11+ injury prevention program as a neuromuscular warm up twice per week for eight weeks, while the control group just performed their regular warm-up. Sargent test was used to measure vertical jump, agility T tests to measure change of direction ability. The results showed an improvement in the explosive strength and change of direction ability in the post-test in experimental group.