Performance on sprint, agility and jump tests have moderate to strong correlations in youth football players but performance tests are weakly correlated to neuromuscular control tests.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed at evaluating the correlation between seven different performance tests and two neuromuscular control tests in youth football players and to evaluate the influence of sex and age groups on test results.

Methods

One-hundred and fifteen football players (66 boys, 49 girls) mean age 14 ± 0.7 (range 13-16) years from youth teams were tested at the start of the second half of the competitive season. A test battery including agility t-test, 505 agility test, single-leg hop for distance test, side-hop test, countermovement jump test, 10-m sprint test, 20-m sprint test, tuck jump assessment (TJA) and drop vertical jump (DVJ) was completed.

Results

Correlations between the seven different performance tests of agility, jump and sprint ability were gener

SUBMITTER: Sonesson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8038985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature