The Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA 11+

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Objective

The International Federation of Association Football FIFA 11+ is complete warm-up and injury-prevention programme specifically created in 2006 to prevent injuries in football. The programme was developed by FIFA's Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) in cooperation with international experts to expand the knowledge-base on previous injury-prevention efforts, such as PEP (Prevent injury, Enhance Performance) programme and FIFA 11.

It was developed by a panel of international experts to build on earlier injury-prevention efforts, including the PEP programme and FIFA 11.

Method of Use

The programme takes twenty minutes to complete and is designed to be performed twice a week. No specific equipment is needed. The FIFA 11+ consists of 15 exercises divided into three separate components. These are:

There are three levels for each specific exercise (level 1, level 2, level 3) that increase the difficulty of each respective exercise. This allows for both individual and team progression throughout the course of the competitive season.

More traditional football warm-up programmes are quite variable and typically encompass running exercises, static and/or dynamic stretching, movements involving change of direction, and short passing. They typically average from five to 45 minutes in duration. The average warm-up programme does not typically emphasise qualitative movement.