ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2019
Improved maximal strength is not associated with improvements in sprint time or jump height in high-level female football players: a clusterrendomized controlled trial.
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Improvements in Maximal Strength Are Not Associated With Improvements in Sprint Time or Jump Height in High-level Female Football Players: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Benchmarking the Physical Performance Qualities in Women's Football: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Across the Performance Scale.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Strength and Plyometric Training on Vertical Jump, Linear Sprint, and Change-of-Direction Speed in Female Adolescent Team Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Different Strength Training Modalities on Sprint Performance in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Internal Validity in Resistance Training Research: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Strength vs. Plyometric Training Programs on Vertical Jumping, Linear Sprint and Change of Direction Speed Performance in Female Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of combined resistance and plyometric training modalities on vertical jump and sprint: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Comparison of resistance training using barbell half squats and trap bar deadlifts on maximal strength, power performance, and lean mass in recreationally active females: an eight-week randomised trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Effects of 6 weeks in-season flywheel squat resistance training on strength, vertical jump, change of direction and sprint performance in professional female soccer players.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Effects of a neuromuscular training program on physical performance and asymmetries in female soccer.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- The Effects of Different Relative Loads in Weight Training on Acceleration and Acceleration from Flying Starts.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Joint Flexibility and Isometric Strength Parameters Are Not Relevant Determinants for Countermovement Jump Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Maximal Strength, Sprint, and Jump Performance in High-Level Female Football Players Are Maintained With a Customized Training Program During the COVID-19 Lockdown.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaximal strength increments are reported to result in improvements in sprint speed and jump height in elite male football players. Although similar effects are expected in females, this is yet to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of maximal strength training on sprint speed and jump height in high-level female football players.
methodsTwo female football teams were team-cluster-randomized to a training group (TG) performing maximal strength training (MST) twice a week for 5 weeks, or control group (CG) doing their regular pre-season preparations. The MST consisted of 3-4 sets of 4-6 repetitions at ≥85% of 1 repetitions maximum (1RM) in a squat exercise. Sprint speed and jump height were assessed in 5-, 10- and 15 m sprints and a counter-movement jump (CMJ) test, respectively. Nineteen participants in TG (18.3 ± 2.7 years) and 14 in CG (18.3 ± 2.4 years) completed pre- and posttests and were carried forward for final analyses.
resultsThere was no improvement in neither of the sprint times (
conclusionsMST improved maximal strength in female football players to a large extent; however, the improvement in maximal strength did not result in any transference to sprint speed or jump height.
trial registrationThis study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov PRS (Protocol registration and results System) with the code NCT04048928, 07.08.2019, retrospectively registered.
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