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The Effects of Different Re-Warm-Up Strategies on Power, Changing of Direction and Ball Shooting Velocity in Well-Trained Soccer Players

Sports, 2023
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether a re-warm-up training session either with tuck jumps and linear sprints or with changing of directions may enhance power, agility or ball shooting velocity in well-trained soccer players.
Demetris Matsentides, Marios Christou, Nikolaos Zaras   +2 more
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Effects of Game-Specific Demands on Accelerations during Change of Direction Movements: Analysis of Youth Female Soccer

Biomechanics, 2023
The aim of this study was to assess center of mass (COM) acceleration and movement during change of direction (COD) maneuvers during a competitive soccer game to elucidate situation-specific demands of COD performance.
Aki-Matti Alanen, Lauren C. Benson, Matthew J. Jordan, Reed Ferber, Kati Pasanen   +4 more
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Pre-Planned and Non-Planned Agility in Patients Ongoing Rehabilitation after Knee Surgery: Design, Reliability and Validity of the Newly Developed Testing Protocols

Diagnostics, 2021
Background: Due to its association with the risk of falling and consequent injury, the importance of agility is widely recognized, but no study so far has examined the different facets of agility in an untrained/clinical population. The aim of this study
Ivan Peric, Miodrag Spasic, Dario Novak, Sergej Ostojic, Damir Sekulic   +4 more
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Athletes with high knee abduction moments show increased vertical center of mass excursions and knee valgus angles across sport-specific fake-and-cut tasks of different complexities

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
Young female handball players represent a high-risk population for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. While the external knee abduction moment (KAM) is known to be a risk factor, it is unclear how cutting technique affects KAMs in sport-specific ...
Kevin Bill, Patrick Mai, Patrick Mai, Steffen Willwacher, Steffen Willwacher, Tron Krosshaug, Uwe G. Kersting   +6 more
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Directional Change Mediates the Physiological Response to High-Intensity Shuttle Running in Professional Soccer Players

Sports, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence that different frequencies of deceleration and acceleration actions had on the physiological demands in professional soccer players.
Remy Tang, Conall Murtagh, Giles Warrington, Tim Cable, Oliver Morgan, Andrew O’Boyle, Darren Burgess, Ryland Morgans, Barry Drust   +8 more
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Are change of direction and small-sided game practises distinctive factors in regional amateur league football players?

Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol, 2023
The purpose of this study was to reveal whether change of direction and small-sided game practises are distinctive factors in regional amateur football players.
Mehmet Söyler, Raif Zileli
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Associations between Force-Time Related Single-Leg Counter Movement Jump Variables, Agility, and Linear Sprint in Competitive Youth Male Basketball Players

Children, 2023
Background: Previous research has reported a strong relationship between vertical jumping, sprinting, and agility, as a reflection of lower-limb power. Unilateral analysis of this relationship has not yet been explored.
Ömer Pamuk, Yücel Makaracı, Levent Ceylan, Hamza Küçük, Tuba Kızılet, Tülay Ceylan, Erdi Kaya   +6 more
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Relationship between the Reliability of Tennis-Specific Change of Direction (77COD) Test and Squat Jump–Countermovement Jump in Adolescent Tennis Players

Applied Sciences
The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of the tennis-specific change of direction (77COD) test with vertical jump tests (Squat Jump and Countermovement Jump) in adolescent tennis players.
Selman Kaya, Aysu Önal, Gökhan Deliceoğlu   +2 more
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Analysis of the adductors and abductors' maximum isometric strength on the level of speed and agility in basketball players

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2023
Introduction: his study investigated the relationship between hip abductor strength (Abd), adductor strength (Add), straight accelerations and decelerations, and during changes of direction (COD 90°) performance in basketball players.
Paulina KROLIKOWSKA, Piotr RODAK, Monika PAPLA, Wojciech GRZYB, Artur GOLAS   +4 more
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The effect of high-intensity plyometric training on anaerobic performance parameters: a pilot study in U17 elite A league [PDF]

PeerJ
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of high-intensity plyometric training (HIPT) on some parameters in elite soccer players in the U17. Volunteer soccer players were randomly divided into two groups according to their positions: the regular ...
Mehmet Söyler, Raif Zileli, Yunus Emre Çingöz, Gökmen Kılınçarslan, İdris Kayantaş, Tolga Altuğ, Selim Asan, Musa Şahin, Alper Cenk Gürkan   +8 more
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