Information and IdeasEasy–MediumEvidence for a warm-up claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A football coach claims that a ten-minute warm-up before training reduces the number of muscle injuries players suffer.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. After the coach introduced the warm-up, muscle injuries at training fell from twelve a season to four, with no other change in the routine.Correct
- B. Players said they enjoyed the warm-up.
- C. The team won more matches after the warm-up was introduced.
- D. Professional teams also warm up before training.
Answer: A. After the coach introduced the warm-up, muscle injuries at training fell from twelve a season to four, with no other change in the routine.
Injuries fell, and nothing else changed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Players said they enjoyed the warm-up.
- Enjoyment is not injury.
- C. The team won more matches after the warm-up was introduced.
- Winning is not injury.
- D. Professional teams also warm up before training.
- Others doing it proves nothing about injuries.
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