Types of warming up
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- 2. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences What Warmup is ???? • Warming up is a preparation for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand, usually undertaken before a performance or practice. • It is a primarily preparatory activity in which through physiological and psychological preparation, a player/athlete adjusts himself for the fulfillment of main activity.
- 3. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences Types of Warming Up General Warming Up Specific Warming Up
- 4. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences General Warming up • The warming up period will last 5-10 minutes; or as long as you think until you are ready. • In this, athlete/player goes through a series of physical movements of general nature for the whole body. • Such as :- Jogging, Striding, Stretching, Calisthenics.
- 5. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences Specific Warmup • In this, athletes go through such movements which are to be performed later on in the main activity or competition. • Such as :- 1. Sprinter may go through short distance run 2. Volleyball player may prepare his joints for main activity
- 6. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences What happens in our body ? • When we start to exercise, our cardio respiratory and neuromuscular system and metabolic energy pathways are stimulated. • Muscle contract, and to meet their increasing demands of oxygen, our heart rate, blood flow and breathing rate increase.
- 7. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences . • Blood moves faster through our arteries and veins and is slowly routed to working muscles. • Our body temperature rises and oxygen is released more quickly raising the temperature of the muscles.
- 8. Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences • This allows the muscle to use glucose and fatty acids to burn calories and create energy for the exercises. • All of these process prepare the body for higher intensity action.
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