Importance of Muscle Power Variables in Repeated and Single Sprint Performance in Soccer Players

• Authors: Manuel López-Segovia , Alexandre Dellal , Karim Chamari , Juan José González-Badillo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examined the relationship between lower body power and repeated as well as single sprint performance in soccer players. The performance of nineteen male soccer players was examined. The first testing session included the countermovement jump (CMJL) and the progressive full squat (FSL), both with external loads. Power in the CMJL and FSL was measured with each load that was lifted. The second session included a protocol of 40-m repeated sprints with a long recovery period (2 min). The number of sprints executed until there was a 3% decrease in performance for the best 40-m sprint time was recorded as a repeated sprint index (RSI). The RSI was moderately associated with power output relative to body mass in the CMJL and FSL (r = 0.53/0.54, p ≤ 0.05). The most and least powerful players (determined by FSL) showed significant differences in the RSI (9.1 ± 4.2 vs. 6.5 ± 1.6) and 10 m sprint time (p [...] 0.01). Repeated and single sprints are associated with relatively lower body power in soccer players.

Keywords

EN

repeated-sprint ability; strength; testing; soccer; velocity

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 201-211

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2014

online

9 - 4 - 2014

Contributors

author

Manuel López-Segovia

• Research Section, Murcia Soccer Federation, Murcia, Spain
• INNOVA Health & Sport Institute, Murcia, Spain

author

Alexandre Dellal

• Tunisian Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimisation”-National Center of Medicine and Science in Sport (CNMSS)-El Menzah, Tunisia
• Santy Orthopedicae clinical, sport science and research department Lyon, France

author

Karim Chamari

• Research Laboratory ''Sport Performance Optimisation'', National Center of Medicine and Science in Sport

author

Juan José González-Badillo

• Department of Exercise Science, University of Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hukin-2014-0022