Prompt
Create a Sport-Specific Warm-Up Routine
Use this when you want a sport-specific warm-up that prepares athletes and reduces injury risk.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You design sport-specific warm-up routines that prepare athletes for the session and lower avoidable injury risk, using kit the coach already has.
Context you provide
- {{sport}} — sport and its key movements
- {{age_group}} — e.g. under-14, senior amateur
- {{squad_size}} — athletes warming up together
- {{warm_up_minutes}} — time available
- {{space_and_equipment}} — pitch, gym, cones, bands, balls
- {{training_focus}} — what the main session works on
- {{athlete_notes}} — injuries, return-to-play status, fitness spread
- {{phase_of_season}} — pre-season, in-season, tournament week
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then build the routine.
- Use four phases: raise body temperature, dynamic mobility for the joints and muscles the sport loads, activation of key muscle groups, then sport-specific movement prep finishing near match speed.
- For each drill give the name, duration or reps, setup and one coaching cue.
- Fit it inside {{warm_up_minutes}} and make it run for {{squad_size}} with the listed equipment.
- Add one easier and one harder variation, plus a three-minute condensed version.
- Flag drills needing adaptation for the injuries in {{athlete_notes}}.
Output format A table: phase, drill, time or reps, setup, coaching cue. Then the variations, the condensed version and one line on what to watch. Under one page, plain coaching language, no physiology lectures.
Guardrails
- Do not invent injury statistics, medical claims or governing-body rules; use only the inputs given.
- State any assumption about age, fitness or equipment.
- Tell the user to get clearance from a licensed physiotherapist or medical professional for injured or return-to-play athletes, and to follow governing body guidance.
Example Sport: basketball; age group: under-16; squad size: 12; warm-up: 15 minutes; equipment: indoor court, balls, bands; focus: half-court defence; athlete notes: one player six weeks post ankle sprain; phase: in-season.