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Soccer players should stretch out the hamstrings, legs, quads and calf muscles before playing a game in order to get the blood flowing. Learn to stretch and stay limber for a soccer game with tips from a professional soccer player in this free video on soccer.

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Hi, I'm Chris Murray, and I'm going to tell you how to stretch before a soccer game. Because soccer is such an enduring sport and demanding on the body, it's very important you stretch and be warmed up properly before you play. I'm a professional soccer player and I'll give you some examples of how to stretch. For instance your hamstrings are very important to stretch. Especially when you're about to do a lot of running. Stretching your hamstrings can be done by keeping your feet together and bending straight down at your waist and touching your toes. By touching your toes you get a full range of motion in your hamstrings, which are the back of your legs and this allows them to stretch properly. Another way to stretch your hamstrings would be for you to have your legs spread widely apart and then straight down to the middle touch the ground. This offers the same range of motion and gets the same stretch just as keeping your feet together. Another stretch that is important to do is to stretch your quads. You can stretch your quads by pulling one leg up and holding your laces and keeping your balance. You'll feel this stretch in the front of your leg where your quads are located. Another major stretch is to stretch your calves. Your calves are the lower part of your leg and are very important to stretch especially when you're running. Stretching your calves can be done by putting one leg forward and putting all of your weight forward as well. You'll feel this stretch in the back part of your leg, at the lower end, and those are just some ways on how to stretch before a soccer game.

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