Effects of plyometric jump training on measures of physical fitness and lower-limb asymmetries in prepubertal male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High level of physical fitness is a paramount soccer performance factor. As such, developing key components of physical fitness such as sprinting, jumping, and change of direction (CoD) at an early age empowers both short- and long-term performance success. Although previous research in prepubertal male soccer players has reported physical fitness performance enhancements following plyometric jump training (PJT), the effects on inter-limb asymmetries remain unclear.

Objective

To assess the effects of PJT on measures of physical fitness and inter-limb asymmetries in prepubertal male soccer players.

Methods

A total of 27 participants were recruited, and randomly assigned to either a PJT group (n = 13; age = 12.7 ± 0.2 years; maturity offset = -1.6 ± 0.7) or a

SUBMITTER: Sammoud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10845392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature