General warm-ups employed by many practitioners provide varying degrees of physiological readiness for activity. Warm-up activities should be efficient and effective. Efficiency aids instructional time by using warm-ups to address the lesson focus and facilitates and enhances learning. Effectiveness adjusts warm-ups to meet task-specific demands of the current activity. Careful organization, design, and implementation of sport-specific warm-ups can improve the teaching and learning environment. Examples are given for volleyball, baskeball, soccer and tennis.
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