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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?

  1. 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
  2. B. Players said they enjoyed the warm-up.
  3. C. The team won more matches after the warm-up was introduced.
  4. 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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