Future Implications
The perspective of this trial is that future recommendations concerning hamstring injury prevention in soccer
should focus on eccentric strengthening of the hamstring
muscles. The fact that the Nordic hamstring exercise is
easy to perform, is not a big time-consumer, and can be
done without the use of any additional equipment allows
the exercise to be implemented as a general exercise in
most soccer training programs. However, some coaches
might only want to use the exercise for players at particularly high risk of sustaining a hamstring injury and not for
the entire squad. In that case, the present hamstring exercise program can be highly recommended, since the preventive effect is particularly good in players with
previous hamstring injuries.