The warm up is a crucial element of any session or pre-match preparation, so its importance should not be overlooked or disregarded. The individual can not be expected to perform at their maximum if they have not been involved in a complete and thorough warm prior to any activity they undertake. However, it is not possible to conduct such a comprehensive warm up unless the coach fully understands and appreciates the reasons behind warming up.
However, it is pointless understanding the reasoning behind the warm up before actually knowing what a warm up is. So, a warm up is basically a gradual progression building up from low-intensity to high-intensity movements, while incorporating stretches and some ball orientated exercises. All conducted to ensure the body, muscles and mind, is as ready as possible for what they are about to undertake. The specific benefits of a warm up are:

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