Effects of Plyometric and Directional Training on Speed and Jump Performance in Elite Youth Soccer Players.

Beato, M, Bianchi, M, Coratella, G, Merlini, M and Drust, B (2018) Effects of Plyometric and Directional Training on Speed and Jump Performance in Elite Youth Soccer Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32 (2). pp. 289-296. ISSN 1533-4287

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Beato, M, Bianchi, M, Coratella, G, Merlini, M, and Drust, B. Effects of plyometric and directional training on speed and jump performance in elite youth soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 32(2): 289-296, 2018-Soccer players perform approximately 1,350 activities (every 4-6 seconds), such as accelerations/decelerations and changes of direction (CODs) during matches. It is well established that COD and plyometric training have a positive impact on fitness parameters in football players. This study analyzed the effect of a complex COD and plyometric protocol (CODJ-G) compared with an isolated COD protocol (COD-G) training on elite football players. A randomized pre-post parallel group trial was used in this study. Twenty-one youth players were enrolled in this study (mean ± SD; age 17 ± 0.8 years, mass 70.1 ± 6.4 kg, and height 177.4 ± 6.2 cm). Players were randomized into 2 different groups: CODJ-G (n = 11) and COD-G (n = 10), training frequency of 2 times a week more than 6 weeks. Sprint 10, 30, and 40 m, long jump, triple hop jump, and 505 COD test were considered. Exercise-induced within-group changes in performance for both CODJ-G and COD-G: long jump (effect size [ES] = 0.32 and ES = 0.26, respectively) and sprint 10 m (ES = -0.51 and ES = -0.22, respectively), after 6 weeks of training. Moreover, CODJ-G reported substantially better results (between-group changes) in long jump test (ES = 0.32). In conclusion, this study showed that short-term protocols (CODJ-G and COD-G) are important and able to give meaningful improvements on power and speed parameters in a specific soccer population. CODJ-G showed a larger effect in sprint and jump parameters compared with COD-G after the training protocol. This study offers important implications for designing COD and jumps training in elite soccer.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	his is the accepted version of the following article: Beato, Marco; Bianchi, Mattia; Coratella, Giuseppe; Merlini, Michele; Drust, Barry. Effects of Plyometric and Directional Training on Speed and Jump Performance in Elite Youth Soccer Players. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research: February 2018 - Volume 32 - Issue 2 - p 289–296 doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002371, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002371
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1106 Human Movement And Sports Science
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Related URLs:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176387
Date of acceptance:	31 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access:	28 February 2019
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2018 11:26
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 02:54
DOI or ID number:	10.1519/JSC.0000000000002371
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8286

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