streching beacause if you are running and u pull a musle you should have streathed

Brad,
Current practice calls for a core warm-up - usually jogging - for several minutes, followed by sport specific dynamic stretching activities. Dynamic stretching is a gradual activity based warm-up. Static stretching will likely increase flexibility, but there is little evidence linking injury with lack of static stretching. Personally, I feel that static stretching is a waste of time for most sports other than possibly gymnastics.

After reading a lot on the subject, I now have my team use dynamic stretching. It gets the muscles ready for the type of activity they are about to be subjected to. And when the dynamic stretches are properly matched to the activity, it's been shown to increase performance.

My team starts by doing 2 laps around the field. We take a quick water break and then line up. Have 4 or 5 guys facing the other teammates and do stretches. After that is all done we would do running drills (high knees, shuffles, sprints, ext.) Then we do normal drills or sometimes split up have one coach work with the o line and d line, the other with the backs and recievers. Then a water break, maybe a scrimmage game have your offense against your defense. Then we would have competitive drills (like relay races, we also did one where we set up two tackling dummies and have two lines. The coach blows his wistle and the players tackle the dummies, then run back, slap the player who is next in lines hand, and then again.)
Then do half-field sprints, huddle, say put your hands in and say something like "Tigers, on three! Ready, 123 TIGERS!" Then end practice.

Sorry if u were just asking about the running or stretching, anyways HOPE I HELPED!!!!!! =)

yea you should start with stretches so your muscles are all streched so you dont sprain your muscles when your running.

Please listen to Coach Houston when he advises against using static stretching as a warm up. Static stretching does not help you "warm up" and has been shown to actually hinder performance to a degree when used as such. Read here for more on why we are getting away from using static stretching during warm ups: www.elitesoccerconditioning.com/Stretching-Flexibility/DynamicStretchingvsStaticStretching.htm

Completely agree that static stretching is mostly a waste of time, the research does not support it in any significant way. Rather dynamic stretching intermixed with other movements gets the body fully warm before practice and games. Found a perfect article for this post, includes a video showing a 15-20 min warm-up that covers a general movement/dynamic stretching warm-up:

http://www.youthfitnessmag.com/warm-up

streching

we streach then run

stretching first. I prefer to stretch first so I don't get cramps.

I coach U13 Girls. As far as my group is concerned, our focus in the beginning of our practice sessions are two dimensional. We do dynamic stretching and also focus on stamina drills. I do my best to incorporate the ball whenever I can in our warm ups and drills. After our practice sessions that's when we do our cool downs with light jogs and/ or static stretching. This is also done at our games, but on a smaller scale, due to time restraints.

I recently came across some interesting articles in regards to proper conditioning for girls in soccer. It explained the importance between Girls and Boys as they develop in relation to their physical development and ACL tears. I found it intriguing and informative. (By the way... It was on "WePlay"). The other part was from the "Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation", The PEP Program: Prevent injury and Enhance Performance. I am trying to work this into our warm ups as well.

we run 2 or 3 laps and then strech

This question was recently posed to retired UCLA Coach Sue Enquist. She recommended players do a warm up run, followed by a dynamic movement routine. She emphasized that static stretching is best used during cool down. With 27 years as the head coach of at UCLA, and 11 national titles, I'm going with her advice.

http://sueenquist.com/about/biography.html

my coach makes us do 2 laps stretch then do 2 more laps then i hit the goal box or some times we stretch then do a timed run

To many coaches waste so much time with drills and static stretching. Start with a mild core warm up and go directly into dynamic stretching. Leg kicks, Butt kicks, Lunges, and High knee to name a few.