Hi

I would also be interested in seeing the evidence behind this. Working for a football club the players have mentioned avoiding static stretching. I advise them to stretch at least all major muscle groups, and they do a combination of dynamic and static stretching, and tell them a static stretch is better than no stretching at all!

Since most of these players are quite tight I am happy for them to do some sort of stretching before and after training and games, holding the stretch for as long as possible, and I have found this has decreased the number of injuries.

Thanks

lainey