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Changes in sprint performance and sagittal plane kinematics after heavy resisted sprint training in professional soccer players.
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Effects of a Multimodal Exercise Program on the Kinematics and Sprint Performance of Young Rugby Players: an Experimental Study.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of resisted sprint training on sprint, jump, and change-of-direction performance in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Does Resisted Sprint Training Improve the Sprint Performance of Field-Based Invasion Team Sport Players? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Internal Validity in Resistance Training Research: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Pooled 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
- Comparison of Two Posterior Chain Strength Training Protocols on Performance and Injury Incidence in Elite Youth Football Players.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Trial
- The Effects of Sprint vs. Resisted Sled-Based Training; an 8-Week in-Season Randomized Control Intervention in Elite Rugby League Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of Resisted Versus Non-Resisted Sprint Training on Countermovement Jump and Sprint Force-Velocity Profile in Youth Footballers: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of different heavy sled loads sprint training on acceleration performance in adolescent sprinters.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Resisted Sprint Training Improves Overground Sprint, Jump, and Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Kinetics and Kinematics in Male Youth Ice Hockey Players: A Randomized Control Trial.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- The Effects of Exercise Training in a Novel Full-Body Compression Garment on Anaerobic Performance in Healthy Men.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Unresisted vs. Heavy Resisted Sprint Training Programs: Effects on Strength, Jump, Unresisted and Resisted Sprint Performance in Youth Rugby Union Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Impact of Sled-Integrated Resisted Sprint Training on Sprint and Vertical Jump Performance in Young U-14 Male Football Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Implementing Velocity-Based Training to Optimize Return to Sprint After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Soccer Players: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Understanding sprint phase-specific training stimuli: a cluster analysis approach to overload conditions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Short-Term Effects of Lower-Extremity Heavy Resistance versus High-Impact Plyometric Training on Neuromuscular Functional Performance of Professional Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Physical Training Programs for Tactical Populations: Brief Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Microdosing Sprint Distribution as an Alternative to Achieve Better Sprint Performance in Field Hockey Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Influence of horizontal resistance loads on spatiotemporal and ground reaction force variables during maximal sprint acceleration.PloS one · 2023Article
- Quantification of horizontal force for the EXER-GENIE® resisted sprint training device.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Effects of Fatigue Induced by Repeated Sprints on Sprint Biomechanics in Football Players: Should We Look at the Group or the Individual?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSprint performance is an essential skill to target within soccer, which can be likely achieved with a variety of methods, including different on-field training options. One such method could be heavy resisted sprint training. However, the effects of such overload on sprint performance and the related kinetic changes are unknown in a professional setting. Another unknown factor is whether violating kinematic specificity via heavy resistance will lead to changes in unloaded sprinting kinematics. We investigated whether heavy resisted sled training (HS) affects sprint performance, kinetics, sagittal plane kinematics, and spatiotemporal parameters in professional male soccer players.
methodsAfter familiarization, a nine-week training protocol and a two-week taper was completed with sprint performance and force-velocity (FV) profiles compared before and after. Out of the two recruited homogenous soccer teams (
resultsBoth heavy resistance subgroups improved significantly all 10-30-m split times (
conclusionWith appropriate coaching, heavy resisted sprint training could be one pragmatic option to assist improvements in sprint performance without adverse changes in sprinting kinematics in professional soccer players. Assessing each player's initial individual sprint FV-profile may assist in predicting adaptation potential. More studies are needed that compare heavy resisted sprinting in randomized conditions.
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