Warming up before freestyle....

[SvenF]

I can only repeat it.. Warming up is necessary for better freestyle "performances". If you don't warm up, your muscles can't perform on their maximum, and you can get injured easily.

[Royal Freakiness]

My warm up is more realistic now  :biggrin:
stretch first for like less than 5 min, it's important, you don't want to pull your leg muscles
then I do like 5 min of juggling, some crossovers, and a few atws
I gradually get more hardcore throughout my practice

is your pain something to do with the shin muscles? like it feels out of place, feels really stiff and sore, and makes it hard to do moves that require jumps?
coz it almost always happens to me like 3 months ago
it'll pass. It usually happens if you don't warm up.
your muscles will get used to it and somehow correct it  :banana:
read about shin splints on wikipedia
I found on the net some ways to cure it
when the pain is at it's peak apply some ice on it, rest for a while, or stretch the part that is painful  :thumbsup:

[Onas]

My warm up is more realistic now  :biggrin:
stretch first for like less than 5 min, it's important, you don't want to pull your leg muscles
then I do like 5 min of juggling, some crossovers, and a few atws
I gradually get more hardcore throughout my practice

is your pain something to do with the shin muscles? like it feels out of place, feels really stiff and sore, and makes it hard to do moves that require jumps?
coz it almost always happens to me like 3 months ago
it'll pass. It usually happens if you don't warm up.
your muscles will get used to it and somehow correct it  :banana:
read about shin splints on wikipedia
I found on the net some ways to cure it
when the pain is at it's peak apply some ice on it, rest for a while, or stretch the part that is painful  :thumbsup:

:cheers: Um, well. I don't really remember, I'm almost sure that calves was the hurting part of leg, but shin muscles maybe too, I'm not really sure, because I returned to freestyle today after 2-3 weeks - I was ill. THe pain was after htw-atw combos too, but it was mainly because I was training the latw thingy for whole 1-2 hours.  Lol, I love this forum!  :cheers:

[soccer-fanatic]

A good warm up is actually very important. Freestyle requires some crazy movements at times. Besides that, it can be pretty intensive. You could easily strain a muscle (hamstring).

I usually jog for 500 meter or something like that. Then I do some muscle stretching. For stretching I recommend reaching for your toes while standing straight. Don't overstretch this though. If you can't reach your toes, just go as far as you can and hold that position for a few seconds.

[Onas]

Hehe, thanks, but when I do latw thingy, my hip joint hurts, so shall I still continue? Usually when I start latw training, the pain comes immediately, but sometimes by the time it disappears. And sometimes I have pain in back, may it be because of freestyle?