The Acute Effects of Various Stretching Protocols on Explosive Power in Young Football Players

The aim of doing the warm up before a physical activity is to make the performance the best. Elite athletes are keen to perform to the best of their ability in any case of different stretching techniques used before training or competition. The aim of this study was to research the acute effects of static or ballistic stretching on explosive power in young football players. Thirteen male football players participated in this study. Each participator performed both static and ballistic stretching (3 sets of 20 sec) on legs on separate days. Newtest Powertimer was used to measure static jump and one step jump before and after different stretching methods. Datas were analysed by using SPSS program. The result of this study suggest that ballistic stretching is done in the later stages of a general warm up is more efficient than static stretching method for power produce.