Correlation between vertical jump and sprinting metrics in amateur soccer players. A cross-sectional study
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Momentum , athletic performance, vertical jump, sprint, speedAbstract
Introduction: The vertical jump and the straight-line sprint are key indicators of performance in football, but the extent of their association and the influence of body mass on the metrics used to assess them have not been fully established.
Objective: To examine the association between vertical jump and straight-line sprint metrics, and to determine the influence of body mass on these metrics.
Methodology: A pilot, exploratory, cross-sectional, non-experimental and non-randomised study involving adult male amateur footballers (n = 20), who were assessed for vertical jump and straight-line sprint performance in a single session. Seven variables were analysed.
Results: The momentum of the jump (CMJ-m) and of the sprint speed (Vel-m) — metrics that include body mass — showed a strong and significant association (r = .68, p = .008), greater than that observed between their “pure” equivalents, jump height (JH) and maximum speed (Vel) (r = .54, not significant after correction). Body mass was also very strongly associated with Vel-m (r = .85, p < .001) and inversely associated with JH (r = -.59, p = .027).
Discussion: These findings suggest that body mass may artificially inflate the association between the jump and the sprint, and that the two movements share partially distinct factors.
Conclusions: JH should not be used as the sole metric of neuromuscular performance, given its sensitivity to body mass. In this sample with low anthropometric variability, Vel was not associated.
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