Introduction: Soccer is among the most damage sports field with a population of over 265 million dedicated to the world's largest sports population. Enhancing the technical level of the players and achievement to the peak athletic performance, is the main purpose of coaches and instructors in the field. Results of previous studies have indicated that a warm up program has positive impact on the prevention of injuries. However research on the influence of warming up on improvement of soccer players and their technical performance is very limited. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the effect of the warm-up program consisting of plyometric exercises, core stability, dynamic stretching, the degree of agility, and speed dribbling on sport injury prevention among young male soccer players.
Methodology: 2 teams in youth Iranian soccer tournament shaped our experimental and control groups. The total time of injury and the risk of the players during the study were recorded. Shapiro test, paired t-test and independent t-test were used to assess the normality of data and for the analysis.
Results: The soccer players in experimental group were significantly (P<0.05) less injured than the control group. A significant difference was also observed in agility and speed dribbling players between 2 groups.
Conclusion: The results of current study confirm the positive effect of warm up training program on prevention of injuries among soccer players, and their agility and speed dribbling. The program is recommended for soccer teams to warm up before training and competition