Recovery workouts the day after a game are extremely important to a team’s performance. By completing recovery workouts you can help to accelerate adaptation and maximize performance. Some recovery tools include:
- Stretching
- Getting a good night sleep
- Light aerobic workout (only at 60%)
- Pool sessions
- Relaxing your mind
- Eating right
- Massages
- Contrast Shower
- Hyperbaric oxygenation
- Hydrothearapy
If you don’t allow your body to recuperate, it will lead to damage muscles which then lead to:
- Contact Injuries
- Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
- Muscle Contractions
- Muscle Pulls
Here are a few websites that include recovery workout facts and tips:
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/performance/training/recovery-how-guide
http://optimalsoccer.com/muscle-recovery/
http://speedendurance.com/2011/03/26/soccer-training-high-intensity-vs-low-intensity-training/
