Review of Acute Effect of Different Stretching on Performance in Preventing Sports Injure

Stretching has been one of the common methods to prevent sports injuries, and their role in improving athletic ability has always been different. In this paper, the effects of different stretching techniques on various sports ability were summarized, and the proper use of stretching techniques to prevent sports injuries in different sports was discussed. The effects of static stretching, dynamic stretching, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching on performance of the following three types of exercise were reviewed in this paper: strength and power dominant, speed and agility dominant, and endurance dominant. The results show that dynamic stretching is usually recommended before training for most athletes, and static stretching or PNF stretching are recommended after the exercise. If static stretching or PNF stretching is used before the training or competition, then a few minutes of warm-up should be required to eliminate any potential negative effects that the static stretching and the PNF stretching may have on the performance. Different ways of stretching can affect different sports ability. This paper aims to explore how to choose proper ways of stretching, so that athletes can prevent injuries without having negative effects on their sports ability.