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[Music] more than 10 million sports related injuries occur in the world every year to avoid this athletes and coaches alike are using a variety of pre-competition techniques to decrease injuries and increase performance but what does science tell us about stretching and warming up many Studies have looked at how stretching can affect athletic performance and it turns out it depends on the activity Sports such as figure skating and snowboarding which require a wide range of motions to impress the judges certainly benefit from an athletes flexibility but for power sports like speed skating and Bob sleding too much stretching may actually cause a temporary decrease in muscle strength the overstretch muscle becomes less responsive and can stay weakened for up to 30 minutes although athletic competitions can be strenuous there's little evidence to suggests that stretching before or after a competition decreases muscle soreness some Studies have even noted that extreme flexibility can lead t