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Preventing injury - Coggle Diagram
Preventing injury
Warm ups
Raise your pulse
Light exercises warms up muscles
Stretching
Increase movement at joints
Avoids pulling muscles
Focus on muscles you use in the activity
Practice actions
e.g. throwing and catching in rounders
Prepares your muscles that need to be used in the activity
Cool downs
Gradually reducing intensity
So that your heart rate, breathing rate and temperature decrease gradually
Stretching
Can prevent delayed onset muscle soreness
While your muscles are warm stretching helps to improve flexibility
Structure training correctly
Apply principles of training
Avoid overtraining
Use the correct clothing/equipment
Make sure your not wearing jewelery
Wear suitable footwear
Use taping and bracing if necessary
Especially after injury to prevent further injury
Use correct technique
Drink water