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6 Tips For Staying Warm

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Core 4 Stretch Video

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] The Core 4 Stretch routine At the Academy one of big focuses is on making sure our players remain as injury free as possible. By improving a players flexibility, mobility, strength and quickness we help our

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FMS Testing at the EFA

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_feature_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ icon=”balance-scale” icon_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 96%)” icon_bg_color=”hsl(15, 100%, 47%)”]FMS – Functional Movement Screening [/x_feature_headline][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The European Football Academy has recently implemented the FMS –

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Injury Prevention – Part 2

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Injury Prevention- part two In the previous article I talked about two types of injury, Non contact and contact, and a little about common muscles and joints in football that can be injured. In Part two

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Injury Prevention – Contact and Non-Contact injuries

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] So what is a contact & non-contact injury? The Physical Preparation team’s number one goal at the European Football Academy is for a zero percent occurrence of non-contact injuries, during training and games. All of our training

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