Trial reportPloS one2016
Improving Sprint Performance in Soccer: Effectiveness of Jump Squat and Olympic Push Press Exercises.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of different training on lower limb explosive power in youth soccer players: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Assessment of Strength and Power Capacities in Elite Male Soccer: A Systematic Review of Test Protocols Used in Practice and Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Olympic Weightlifting Training for Sprint Performance in Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.International journal of sports medicine · 2024Pooled it
- 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
- The Training of Short Distance Sprint Performance in Football Code Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Plyometric Jump Training on Jump and Sprint Performance in Young Male Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Maximizing sprint performance among adolescent sprinters: a controlled evaluation of functional, traditional, and combined training approaches.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
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- Resistance Training Practices of Brazilian Olympic Sprint and Jump Coaches: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Their Choices and Insights (Part III).Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Speed Training Practices of Brazilian Olympic Sprint and Jump Coaches: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Their Choices and Insights (Part II).Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- A Comparison of Plyometric and Jump Rope Training Programs for Improving Punching Performance in Junior Amateur Boxers.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Multiple athletic performances, maturation, and Functional Movement Screen total and individual scores across different age categories in young soccer players.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Physiological Predictors of Competition Performance in CrossFit Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Relationships between the Expression of theJournal of human kinetics · 2019Article
- Influence of Strength and Power Capacity on Change of Direction Speed and Deficit in Elite Team-Sport Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2019Article
- Weightlifting Overhead Pressing Derivatives: A Review of the Literature.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Review
- Optimum Power Loads for Elite Boxers: Case Study with the Brazilian National Olympic Team.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Methodological Characteristics and Future Directions for Plyometric Jump Training Research: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Training at the optimum power load (OPL) is an effective way to improve neuromuscular abilities of highly trained athletes. The purpose of this study was to test the effects of training using the jump squat (JS) or Olympic push-press (OPP) exercises at the OPL during a short-term preseason on speed-power related abilities in high-level under-20 soccer players. The players were divided into two training groups: JS group (JSG) and OPP group (OPPG). Both groups undertook 12 power-oriented sessions, using solely JS or OPP exercises. Pre- and post-6 weeks of training, athletes performed squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ), sprinting speed (5, 10, 20 and 30 m), change of direction (COD) and speed tests. To calculate the transfer effect coefficient (TEC) between JS and MPP OPP and the speed in 5, 10, 20, and 30 m, the ratio between the result gain (effect size [ES]) in the untrained exercise and result gain in the trained exercise was calculated. Magnitude based inference and ES were used to test the meaningful effects. The TEC between JS and VEL 5, 10, 20, and 30 m ranged from 0.77 to 1.29, while the only TEC which could be calculated between OPP and VEL 5 was rather low (0.2). In addition, the training effects of JS on jumping and speed related abilities were superior (ES ranging from small to large) to those caused by OPP (trivial ES). To conclude, the JS exercise is superior to the OPP for improving speed-power abilities in elite young soccer players.
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