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AuthorAloui, Ghaith
AuthorSouhail, Hermassi
AuthorHayes, Lawrence D.
AuthorBouhafs, El G.
AuthorChelly, Mohamed S.
AuthorSchwesig, René
Available date2023-12-07T07:32:04Z
Publication Date2021
Publication NameApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
ResourceScopus
ISSN20763417
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11167621
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/50254
AbstractWe investigated adding 8 weeks of bi-weekly loaded plyometric and short sprints (LPaSS) training into training for under 19 (U19) soccer players. An experimental group (EG, n = 18, age: 17.5 ± 0.58 years, body mass: 67.4 ± 4.37 kg, height: 1.76 ± 0.05 m, body fat: 11.4 ± 1.55%), and a control group (CG, n = 16, age: 17.5 ± 0.58 years, body mass: 68.7 ± 3.65 kg, height: 1.78 ± 0.03 m, body fat: 11.6 ± 1.14%) participated. The pre- and postintervention measures were: the squat-jump (SJ); the countermovement-jump with arm swing (CMJA); the five jump test (5JT); 10 m and 30 m sprint; the ability to change direction (sprint with 90° turns (S90°) and sprinting 9–3–6–3–9 m, involving running both backwards and forwards (SBF); repeated sprint ability (RSA), and balance (Y-balance test). The EG experienced superior jump (p < 0.001; drange: 1.69–1.89), sprint (p < 0.001; drange: 1.82–2.56), S90° (p < 0.001; drange: 1.64–2.25), RSA (p < 0.001; drange: 3.90–4.17), and balance (p < 0.001; drange: 1.11–2.54) improvement. Comparatively, the pre- to postchanges in the CG ranged from d = 0.36 (dynamic balance) to d = 1.00 (10 m sprint). Therefore, bi-weekly LPaSS training improves athletic performance in young soccer players, particularly RSA.
SponsorAcknowledgments: The authors thank the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunis, Tunisia for financial support.
Languageen
PublisherMDPI AG
SubjectAdditional load
Periodization
Plyometric training
Soccer training
Sprint training
Stretch-shortening cycle
TitleThe effects of loaded plyometrics and short sprints in u19 male soccer players in Tunisia
TypeArticle
Issue Number16
Volume Number11
dc.accessType Open Access


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