Soccer Health Soccer Health Soccer is already the world's most popular sport and more and more Americans of all ages are taking up the game all of the time.
Simplicity is one of the game's primary appeals.
It requires little equipment and puts an emphasis on speed. But sports medicine experts at The UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas say soccer players must also have flexibility. A good pre-game warm up will help players of any level. The emphasis in soccer is running and lots of it. That places a premium on a sound lower body and that means lots of running.