Warm up

• Purpose of warm up


  • Increase body temp
  • Prepare athlete physiologically + psychologically for activity
  • Minimise risk of injury
• Parts of warm up


  • HR raising activity
  • Dynamic stretching + mobility exercises
  • Sport specific drills
• Warm up


  • Increases muscle temp to increase range of movement at a joint which also reducing injury risk
  • Increases efficiency of muscular contractions causing greater speed + force of contraction
  • Increases action of muscle pump to aid venous return
• Warm up


  • Increases heart rate Increasing O2 supply to working muscles
  • Vascular shunt starts redistributing more O2 blood to working muscles
  • Increases action of muscle pump Increasing venous return, increasing HR (starlings law)
  • Increased O2 leaves haemoglobin and enters muscles