Physiotherapist Lauren Richards talks us through the Footy First Program exercises to be used in Level 1.
✅ After the dynamic warm up is completed these exercises can be incorporated into the training session.
✅ The Nordics will help improve knee and leg strength and speed and reduce hamstring injury risk.
✅ The ball squeeze exercise is to develop groin muscle strength and help with lateral stability and kicking around corners.
✅The Balance exercises improve ability to keep your feet and be strong in contests as well as being great for dodgy ankles.
✅ The squats help to build the foundation for better stability when landing, jumping and changing direction. This will improve agility, evasion skills and help with keeping upright which coaches want in their players. Good landing control also helps reduce serious knee injury risk ACLs in particular.