ArticlePloS one2016
The Effects of a 6-Week Strength Training on Critical Velocity, Anaerobic Running Distance, 30-M Sprint and Yo-Yo Intermittent Running Test Performances in Male Soccer Players.
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- The Training of Medium- to Long-Distance Sprint Performance in Football Code Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of concentric and concentric-eccentric resistance training on speed and force in adult soccer players.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Maximizing sprint performance among adolescent sprinters: a controlled evaluation of functional, traditional, and combined training approaches.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Yo-Yo IR1-derived aerobic endurance machine-learning prediction in youth male soccer players using demographics information and resting heart rate variability parameters.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- The Reliability of Linear Speed with and without Ball Possession of Pubertal Soccer Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Performance in the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test May Improve with Repeated Trials: Does Practice Matter?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
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- The Effects of Physiological Demands on Visual Search Behaviours During 2 vs. 1 + GK Game Situations in Football: AnFrontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Short-term effects of on-field combined core strength and small-sided games training on physical performance in young soccer players.Biology of sport · 2021Article
- Relationship between Physical Fitness and Match Performance Parameters of Chile Women's National Football Team.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical fitness improvements of 8-week light vs. heavy tyre flip training in young adults.Biology of sport · 2020Article
- Running-based high-intensity interval training vs. small-sided game training programs: effects on the physical performance, psychophysiological responses and technical skills in young soccer players.Biology of sport · 2020Article
- Critical speed and finite distance capacity: norms for athletic and non-athletic groups.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Non-Linear Resistance Training Program Induced Power and Strength but Not Linear Sprint Velocity and Agility Gains in Young Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- The Yo-Yo Intermittent Tests: A Systematic Review and Structured Compendium of Test Results.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
unlabelledThe objectives of this study were to examine the effects of a moderate intensity strength training on changes in critical velocity (CV), anaerobic running distance (D'), sprint performance and Yo-Yo intermittent running test (Yo-Yo IR1) performances.
methodstwo recreational soccer teams were divided in a soccer training only group (SO; n = 13) and a strength and soccer training group (ST; n = 13). Both groups were tested for values of CV, D', Yo-Yo IR1 distance and 30-m sprint time on two separate occasions (pre and post intervention). The ST group performed a concurrent 6-week upper and lower body strength and soccer training, whilst the SO group performed a soccer only training.
resultsafter the re-test of all variables, the ST demonstrated significant improvements for both, YoYo IR1 distance (p = 0.002) and CV values (p<0.001) with no significant changes in the SO group. 30-m sprint performance were slightly improved in the ST group with significantly decreased performance times identified in the SO group (p<0.001). Values for D' were slightly reduced in both groups (ST -44.5 m, 95% CI = -90.6 to 1.6; SO -42.6 m, 95% CI = -88.7 to 3.5).
conclusionscombining a 6-week moderate strength training with soccer training significantly improves CV, Yo-Yo IR1 whilst moderately improving 30-m sprint performances in non-previously resistance trained male soccer players. Critical Velocity can be recommended to coaches as an additional valid testing tool in soccer.
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