ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
Low-volume Nordic hamstring training improves change-of-direction performance more than higher volumes in youth soccer players.
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Introduction: Soccer players adopt hamstring-strengthening programs to enhance sprint and change-of-direction (CoD) performance, despite limited information on optimal volume. Therefore, we aimed to compare low, moderate, and high volumes of Nordic curl training on linear sprint and CoD in pubertal soccer players. Methods: Sixty male youth soccer players (13.69 ± 0.31years, 159.43 ± 8.55 cm, 48.51 ± 7.93 kg) were randomly assigned into three groups: low- ( Results: While all three groups improved their performance across all tests, a two-way repeated-measures ANCOVA revealed a significant time × group interaction ( Discussion: Low-volume Nordic curl training is the most effective training dose for improving CoD performance in top-tier youth soccer athletes. For sprint, both low and moderate volumes improve the 10 m sprint more than high volume, and all three volumes improve the 20 m sprint similarly.
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