Relationships Between Strength, Sprint, and Jump Performance in Well-Trained Youth Soccer Players

ABSTRACTComfort, P, Stewart, A, Bloom, L, and Clarkson, B. Relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performance in well-trained youth soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 28(1)173–177, 2014—Research has demonstrated a clear relationship between absolute and relative strength and sprint and ju...

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Published in:Journal of strength and conditioning research 2014-01, Vol.28 (1), p.173-177
Main Authors: Comfort, Paul, Stewart, Al, Bloom, Laurence, Clarkson, Ben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adults
Athletes
Athletic Performance - physiology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Body mass index
Correlation analysis
Exercise Test
Humans
Lower Extremity
Male
Movement
Movement - physiology
Muscle Strength - physiology
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Running - physiology
Soccer - physiology
Sports training
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Summary:ABSTRACTComfort, P, Stewart, A, Bloom, L, and Clarkson, B. Relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performance in well-trained youth soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 28(1)173–177, 2014—Research has demonstrated a clear relationship between absolute and relative strength and sprint and jump performance in adult athletes; however, this relationship in younger athletes has been less extensively studied. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performances in well-trained youth soccer players. Thirty-four young male soccer players (17.2 ± 0.6 years; body mass, 72.62 ± 7.42 kg; height, 179.27 ± 6.58 cm) performed a predicted maximal squat test, 20-m sprints, squat jumps (SJs), and countermovement jumps (CMJs). Absolute strength showed the strongest correlations with 5-m sprint times (r = −0.596, p < 0.001, power = 0.99), SJ height (r = 0.762, p < 0.001, power = 1.00), and CMJ height (r = 0.760, p < 0.001, power = 1.00), whereas relative strength demonstrated the strongest correlation with 20-m sprint times (r = −0.672, p < 0.001, power = 0.99). The results of this study illustrate the importance of developing high levels of lower-body strength to enhance sprint and jump performance in youth soccer players, with stronger athletes demonstrating superior sprint and jump performances.
ISSN:1064-8011
1533-4287
DOI:10.1519/JSC.0b013e318291b8c7