Player Stretching Before The Match Coloring Page

Before any match comes the warm up, and this player is sitting on the grass working through it with both legs stretched out and both hands planted behind. Muscles that get stretched before kickoff are much less likely to pull during the game, which is the whole reason coaches insist on these ten minutes. The grass spreads in a wide oval around the figure, drawn as open tufts with plenty of white paper between them. That texture is easy to overdo. One light pass with a green keeps it soft, while pressing hard turns it into a dark mat that swallows the player. The shirt carries a large blank rectangle on the chest, which is the natural place for a number, a name or a club badge invented on the spot. Socks are pushed down to the ankles, which is exactly what players do before they pull them up for kickoff. This is one of the simplest figure sheets in the hub, with large shapes and no overlapping limbs, so it suits children from about four years old.