Yoga Benefits For Football Players

Today, most successful football teams have introduced yoga into their training programs. Messi and Cristiano ronaldo, both practice Yoga this is probably why they are still playing football at a top level today.

Managers and trainers have found that players have a healthy balance between the mind and body when they practice yoga before or after playing a match.

Yoga builds extra strength and flexibility on the pitch aswell as improving speed and agility.
90 minutes of physical activity can put a strain on the cardiovascular system. By practicing strenuous cardio sprints, jumping and changing directions warmups or during cool down sessions are adding more unnecessary stress to the body. Yoga is a great alternative to those old school warmup and cooldown sessions as its gentle practice won’t put too much stress on your cardio system, joints and soft tissues.

Yoga doesn’t only promote a clearer mindset during the game but it also helps relax your joints, tendons and muscles and helps you relax and promotes a quicker recovery after the match.

Yoga meditation and breathing techniques helps players stay in the present moment, mindset can either make or break a good footballer therefore mental wellbeing is vital to keep the mind healthy, focused and replace any negative emotions with positive mental clarity.