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Tony Daley WOLVES
Tony Daley is fitness coach at Barclays Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 43-year-old took up the position at Molineux in 2007 having previously filled coaching roles at Sheffield United, Aston Villa and Forest Green Rovers.
As a player, Daley was a livewire winger, shooting to prominence in Graham Taylor’s successful Aston Villa side of the late 1980s, and later won seven England caps under the same manager. Indeed, the Birmingham-born flanker would be signed twice more by Taylor before the end of his playing days.
He made over 200 appearances for Villa before switching to Wolves in 1994, though appeared only 21 times in four years after injured curtailed his progress. He finished his career with spells at Watford, Walsall and Forest Green Rovers.
Daley has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports and Exercise Science from Wolverhampton University.
Static stretches At the completion of the three laps, players assemble in a group to perform static stretches. Here we concentrate on each muscle group for no more than 20 seconds, but will repeat the stretches two or three times. For static stretches, we concentrate on the quads, hamstrings, calfs and groin. Two sets of each stretch below should be performed, at 15seconds per stretch.
Static groin stretch Static calf stretch
Starting with the left calf, stand facing a wall at arms’ length. Place hands on the wall at shoulder height, then step back slightly with the left leg, keeping the back upright. Keeping your weight through the left heel, sway forwards onto a slightly bent right knee. You should feel a stretch in your left calf. Repeat on the right.
Sit with soles of the feet together on the floor and close to the body. Grasp feet with both hands and position elbows on the inside of the lower legs. Press knees towards the floor with elbows and hold the stretch.
Side-lying quad stretch
Lie on your side with the leg to be worked positioned on top of the other. Reach back and grasp the ankle. Relax the leg and gently pull the ankle towards your buttocks.
Hamstring wall stretch
Lie on your back with a leg elevated and positioned against a doorway wall, as shown. Buttocks should be about five inches from the wall, and your back flat on the floor. Gently slide your buttocks towards the wall, keeping the knee straight, until a stretch is felt. Relax and repeat.
It is important to note the difference between dynamic and static stretches. There is a lot said about how the two vary and their relative value. Our stance is that dynamic stretching is extremely valuable
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because it has been shown to increase strength and power prior to training and matches. Static stretches prior to the game should be avoided. The majority of studies have noted a detrimental effect
on performance (specifically, a reduction in power). However, static stretching after the game appears to increase players’ range of motion. We therefore feel that these stretches are a valuable part of the
Recovery Session. If players are told to adopt this Recovery Session from an early age, they will carry it on throughout their careers, becoming fitter and more consistent because of it.
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