Sir Purr
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In the past, Kenn had the team split into pods that did different exercises at different paces, some of which were ground-based mobility and traditional static stretching poses.
As time went on, the routine became too loose.
“Watching it, it just didn’t look exactly right,” Kenn said. “It wasn’t bad per se. It could just be better and look more uniform, rather than guys doing different things and not all doing it together. Ultimately it could be more efficient.”
The other offshoot is that this warmup more closely fits the five-minute window that Kenn has to stretch out the team on gameday.
“We have gotten it down from like eight or nine minutes to under six,” Kenn said. “It’s still a little long with 90 guys out there, but with 46 dressed guys for a regular season game, I think that we can get it to five. There will be fewer lines and hopefully a bit more speed. It also means that we will now be doing the same stretching routine on gameday that we do in practice.”
It seems like a small thing. How one stretches. But for Kenn, if the team can spend five minutes a day with more fluidity, more uniformity and more consistency, then it’s all worth it.