Advances in Physical Education, 2015, 5, 70-76 Published Online February 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ape http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ape.2015.51009 How to cite this paper: Guinoubi, C., Sahli, H., Mekni, R., Abedelmalek, S., & Chamari, K. (2015). Effects of Two Warm-Up Modalities on Short-Term Maximal Performance in Soccer Players: Didactic Modeling. Advances in Physical Education, 5, 70-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ape.2015.51009 Effects of Two Warm-Up Modalities on Short-Term Maximal Performance in Soccer Players: Didactic Modeling Chameseddine Guinoubi 1,2 , Hajer Sahli 2 , Rim Mekni 3 , Salma Abedelmalek 4,5 , Karim Chamari 1 1 Research Laboratory ‘‘Sport Performance Optimization’’, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia 2 Research Unit, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Jendouba, El Kef, Tunisia 3 Higher Institute of Education and Training Education, Tunis, Tunisia 4 Research Unit, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia 5 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia Email: makwiss@yahoo.fr Received 6 February 2015; accepted 24 February 2015; published 27 February 2015 Copyright © 2015 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two warm-up modalities (scheduled be- fore a soccer match) on short-term maximal performance and physiological responses in soccer players. Twenty soccer players (Age = 22.1 ± 4.4 years; Height = 183.2 ± 7.1 cm, Body mass = 77.6 ± 8.5 kg) participated in this study. They randomly performed two different pre-match warm-up protocols on separate days with different excitation order component sequences where the last component of the warm-up excitation sequence was imputed completed either in the middle (WU-1), or at the end of the warm-up (WU-2). During the completion of the warm-up, heart rate (HR), and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded. After the warm-up, participants performed a repeated sprint ability test (RSA) and the five jump (5JT) test. The results revealed no significant differences in WU-1 and the WU-2 for HR and RPE. In WU-2 condition, significant differences in the 7th acceleration phase of the repeated 10 m sprint (S7) (p < 0.05) was observed in comparison to WU-1. Likewise, the performance of 5JT (p < 0.05), and the 10-m of the RSA (p < 0.05) increased to WU-2 in comparison with WU-1. In conclusion, we recommended performing warm-up at the end of pre-match rather than in the middle to ameliorate the performance of soccer players during the competition. Keywords Warm-Up, Sprint, Jump, Soccer Players, Didactic, Modeling