40 Essential Soccer Stretches: Warm-up and Cool-down with Yoga

By Fiona Leard

Book Overview

FOREWORD by JOHN ALOISI
More and more professional footballers are turning to yoga as a powerful tool to improve performance, enhance recovery, and keep their bodies strong and resilient throughout a demanding season. Drawing on years of experience working with elite players, Fiona Leard shares the same proven yoga warm-up and cool-down routines used by A-League footballers to prepare for training and competition.

Adapted from her acclaimed book The Yoga Edge: Techniques to Maximize Your Soccer Game, these simple, effective sequences are designed to improve mobility, flexibility, strength, balance, and recovery while helping to reduce the risk of injury. Suitable for players of all ages and fitness levels, the programs can be practiced daily or incorporated into your training schedule three to four times per week.

About the Author

Fiona Leard is the author of The Yoga Edge: Techniques to Maximize Your Soccer Game. A former Registered Nurse with a Master's Degree in Exercise and Sport Science, Fiona is a certified in Yoga, Clinical Pilates, and AntiGravity(R) with more than 20 years of experience working with elite athletes and professional sports teams.

Fiona worked extensively with professional football players in Australia's A-League, helping them improve recovery, reduce injuries, and optimize performance. She has served as the yoga teacher for Sydney FC for multiple seasons, conducting weekly sessions and guiding players through specialized warm-up, recovery, and body maintenance programs that support peak performance on the pitch.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0987533843
• ISBN13: 9780987533845
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Beyond Fitness and Yoga
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"