Strength, jumping, and change of direction speed asymmetries are not associated with athletic performance in elite academy soccer players
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Raya-Gonzalez, J., Bishop, C., Gomez-Piqueras, P., Veiga, S., Viejo-Romero, D. and Navander, A. 2020. Strength, jumping, and change of direction speed asymmetries are not associated with athletic performance in elite academy soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00175
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | Strength, jumping, and change of direction speed asymmetries are not associated with athletic performance in elite academy soccer players |
| Authors | Raya-Gonzalez, J., Bishop, C., Gomez-Piqueras, P., Veiga, S., Viejo-Romero, D. and Navander, A. |
| Abstract | The aims of the present study were twofold: 1) to measure inter-limb asymmetries from a battery of fitness tests in youth soccer players and, 2) determine the association between asymmetry and measures of athletic performance. Sixteen elite youth soccer players (14.7 ± 0.2 years) performed a single leg Abalakov test (ABK), change of direction (COD) test over 10 m (5 + 5) and 20 m (10 + 10), and an iso-inertial power test. Subjects also performed 10 m, 20 m and 30 m sprints and a bilateral countermovement jump (CMJ), which were correlated with all ABK, COD and iso-inertial asymmetry scores. A one-way repeated measures ANOVA showed significant differences between inter-limb asymmetry scores across multiple tests (p < 0.05), with the iso-inertial power test presenting the greatest magnitude of asymmetry, while individual data highlighted substantially greater inter-individual differences in each test. Pearson’s r correlations showed no significant relationships (p > 0.05) between the different inter-limb asymmetry scores, and between asymmetry scores and athletic performance. These findings show the test-specific nature of asymmetries in youth soccer players, with the iso-inertial power test being the most sensitive in detecting asymmetry. Moreover, the results obtained suggest that inherent asymmetry in young soccer players did not negatively impact their performance. |
| Keywords | Fitness testing; inter-limb differences; performance reduction; power; youth |
| Research Group | Strength and Conditioning at the London Sport Institute |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
| ISSN | |
| Electronic | 1664-1078 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 26 Jan 2020 |
| 03 Mar 2020 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 27 Jan 2020 |
| Accepted | 24 Jan 2020 |
| Output status | Published |
| Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
| Copyright Statement | Copyright © 2020 Raya-González, Bishop, Gómez-Piqueras, Veiga, Viejo-Romero and Navandar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the |
| Additional information | Corrigendum: In the original article, the specific contributions of the authors Santiago Veiga and Pedro Gómez-Piqueras were not included in the Author Contributions statement. The corrected Author Contributions Statement appears are detailed in the linked related output |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00175 |
| Related Output | |
| Requires | Corrigendum: Strength, jumping, and change of direction speed asymmetries are not associated with athletic performance in elite academy soccer players |
| Requires | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00518 |
| Language | English |
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