Isn't this a recipe for not making forward progress at all?!5 paces forward, switch to 5 side, 5 backward, 5 other side and repeat until about 10 yards from halfway
Sadist . Harsh ..... but fair .....it always makes me laugh when people just wander on the pitch no warm up, have to run 30 yards in the first minute then wonder why the hammy or the calf goes ping,
I see you point, but I disagree I think it does make a psychological difference to some players and coaches.I can safely say that type or duration of warm up means absolutely zero in terms of competency of a referee.
It might look good, you might think that Dog and Duck Utd are reassured by it while they stagger around in their hungover version of a pre match on a Sunday morning......the truth is that they couldn't care less as long as things go their way.....