In response to high injury rates, the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center (F-MARC) developed FIFA 11+, a comprehensive warm-up program designed to prevent musculoskeletal injury. These injuries can often cause loss of playing time for athletes, and loss of economic resources for clubs. In youth soccer, the incidence of injuries during matches has been shown to increase with age from 1 to 5 injuries per 1000 match hours for players aged 13–15 years, to 15 to 20 injuries in the same period for players aged over 15 years. Elite soccer players suffer between 1.5 and 7.6 injuries per 1000 h of training and between 12 and 35 injuries per 1000 h of matches. 35% of those occurred during participation in soccer, making it the activity with the most injuries. A statistical analysis of sport injuries over a 10 year period recorded 19,530 total injuries in 17,937 recreationally active participants. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world among people in different countries, but it often presents a high risk of injuries for musculoskeletal damage. It is suggested that implementing FIFA 11+ before training in young soccer players can lead to performance benefits as well as injury prevention benefits. Shuttle run performance was significantly improved in post-test scores for INT players ( p < 0.05), but did not change significantly for the CON players. 30-m sprint performance of both groups improved from pre- to post-test ( p < 0.05). INT also demonstrated significantly higher hamstring to quadriceps strength ratio (H/Q) after the intervention ( p < 0.05), while the CON H/Q did not change significantly. Post-test INT knee flexor strength was significantly higher than pre-test scores ( p < 0.05). The intervention lasted for eight weeks and performance assessments were completed pre- and post-intervention. Twenty youth soccer players were randomly divided into an intervention group (INT) and a control group (CON). The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of implementing the FIFA 11+ intervention on strength, speed, and agility. FIFA 11+ has previously been studied for its efficacy as an injury prevention program, but not for its effect on sports performance in an adolescent population. FIFA 11+ was developed as an intervention to help prevent such injuries. There is a high occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries reported in soccer. Soccer is the world’s game, and keeping athletes healthy while playing the game has often been a focus of study.
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