Originally Posted by
Jakedatc
in most every sport now they do some sort of active warm up that does not include static stretching. usually light jogging, large range of motion movements, sport specific range of motion, moving up to game speed activities.
welcome to the modern world.
+1
Pretty much, if you see a sports team doing static stretching before an event, you can rest assured that their coach hasn't kept up with science or training for quite a while.
dynamic warmups are important, static stretching is nearly useless.