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        1 - The effect of seven weeks of hamstring static stretching movements on flexibility and speed of young football players
        Nasser Bay Shahnaz Noorian Mahmood Sheikh
        The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of seven weeks of static hamstring stretching on flexibility and speed of adolescent football players. The population of the study included seventy six youth football players in Ramian city in 2017. Twenty four foot More
        The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of seven weeks of static hamstring stretching on flexibility and speed of adolescent football players. The population of the study included seventy six youth football players in Ramian city in 2017. Twenty four football players were selected by available sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The Wells test was used to measure the flexibility of the participants and the 20-meter sprint test was used to measure the speed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for statistical analysis. In the inferential section, independent and paired t-tests were used.The results showed that seven weeks of static hamstring stretching had an effect on the flexibility of adolescent football players. Also, the results showed that seven weeks of static hamstring stretching affected the speed of adolescent football players. According to the finding, it's recommended that static hamstring stretching improve the performance of adolescent football players. Manuscript profile