The warm up should begin with exercises involving your whole body, and should last for about 5—10 minutes, depending on the temperature. The aim of this phase is to:
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Raise the temperature of your body
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Raise the temperature of your muscles
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Increase the amount of blood flowing to your muscles
Start off with light jogging (e.g. 2 or 3 slow laps of the pitch) and include some skipping, backwards and sideways running and some arm circling to warm your upper body.
Tip — You should be sweating lightly at the end of this phase and your pulse rate should have risen to about 120 beats per minute before moving onto the next phase.
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