Static stretching has often been found to decrease performance in power and speed activities, but dynamic warm-ups usually increase performance. We examined the effects of a mini-band warm-up, a medicine ball warm-up, and static stretching on 10m and 20m sprint times, as well as overhead medicine ball throw performance. Twenty-four Division I female soccer players completed the three warm-ups a...

Background. Execution of fitness testing in physical education classes is influenced by students’ motivation. Therefore, addressing new testing approaches seems necessary to more accurately measure student performance. Objectives. This study presents changes in fitness performance after applying a physical fitness tests battery (without external stimuli - WS) and with external stimuli (verbal ...

talent identification is a process through which those with the highest chance to succeed in the future will be determined. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the application of a multivariate approach in talent identification of adolescent soccer players. the research population consisted of all soccer players in tehran province aged between 12 and 16 years old. a battery of t...

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the postactivation potentiation (PAP) effects of both dynamic and isometric maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) on sprint and jump performance and establish whether PAP methods could be used effectively in warm up protocols for soccer players. Twelve male soccer players performed 4 warm up protocols in a cross over, randomised and counterbalan...

The aim of the study was to define relationship between flexibility, explosive strength and speed of running. Fifty-six young (aged 15-19) czech soccer players participated this research. Data about flexibility (sit and reach test – HF), explosive strength (countermovement vertical jump – VJ) and speed of running (10 meters sprint – 10m) were collected. For analyse the data software Statistica ...

Acceleration, sprint and agility performance are crucial in sports like soccer. There are few studies regarding the effect of training on youth soccer players in agility performance and in sprint distances shorter than 30 meter. Therefore, the aim of the recent study was to examine the effect of a high-intensity sprint and plyometric training program on 13-year-old male soccer players. A traini...

Resisted sprint training (RST) affects sprint speed in the acceleration phase, but there is no research regarding this for in adolescents. This study investigated the effects of RST on sprint speed and ground reaction force (GRF) in high school baseball players. Subjects were assigned to the resisted sprint group (RSG, n=10, loading 20% body mass), or the normal sprint group (NSG, n=9, without ...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between body composition, anaerobic performance and sprint performance of amputee soccer players. Fifteen amputee soccer players participated in this study voluntarily. Subjects' height, body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage (Jackson and Pollock formula) and somatotype characteristics (Heath-Carter system) were det...

The relationships between 30m sprint time and performance on a non-motorized treadmill test, as well as a vertical jump test were determined in the present investigation. Seventy-eight physically active men and women (22.9±2.7 y; 73.0±14.7 kg; 170.7±10.4 cm) performed a 30-s maximal sprint on the Curve™ non-motorized treadmill (TM) following one familiarization trial. Pearson product-moment cor...

We aimed to investigate whether the addition of whole-body vibration (WBV) resistance training (RT) will be more beneficial in improving lower limbs muscle strength, power and sprinting performance than RT alone young basketball players. recruited 30 players participate four weeks assessments. They were randomized into WBV group (VRTG, n=15) a conventional (RTG, n=15), performed 3 times per wee...