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Int J Sports Med 2021; 42(10): 911-916
DOI: 10.1055/a-1345-8917
Training & Testing

Vertical Force-velocity Profiling and Relationship to Sprinting in Elite Female Soccer Players

Sarah A. Manson
1   Whitespace™, lululemon Athletic Inc, Vancouver, Canada
3   Department for Physical Performance, Canadian Soccer Association, Ottawa, Canada
,
Cody Low
2   School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University Twickenham, Twickenham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3   Department for Physical Performance, Canadian Soccer Association, Ottawa, Canada
,
Hayley Legg
2   School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University Twickenham, Twickenham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
,
Stephen D. Patterson 
2   School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University Twickenham, Twickenham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
,
César Meylan
3   Department for Physical Performance, Canadian Soccer Association, Ottawa, Canada
4   Department for Exercise Physiology, Canadian Sports Institute Pacific, Vancouver, Canada
5   Department for Sport Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Abstract

Explosive actions are integral to soccer performance and highly influenced by the ability to generate maximal power. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between force-velocity profile, jump performance, acceleration and maximal sprint speed in elite female soccer players. Thirty-nine international female soccer players (24.3±4.7 years) performed 40-m sprints, maximal countermovement jumps and five loaded squat jumps at increasing loads to determine individual force-velocity profiles. Theoretical maximal velocity, theoretical maximal force, maximal power output, one repetition maximal back squat and one repetition maximal back squat relative to body mass were determined using the force-velocity profile. Counter movement jump, squat jump and maximal power output demonstrated moderate to large correlation with acceleration and maximal sprint speed (r=− 0.32 to −0.44 and −0.32 to −0.67 respectively, p<0.05). Theoretical maximal velocity and force, one repetition maximal and relative back squat demonstrated a trivial to small relationship to acceleration and maximal sprint speed (p>0.05). Vertical force-velocity profiling and maximal strength can provide valuable insight into the neuromuscular qualities of an athlete to individualize training, but the ability to produce force, maximal power, and further transference into sprint performance, must be central to program design.

Key words

jumping - acceleration - speed - strength - testing


Publication History

Received: 14 August 2020

Accepted: 18 December 2020

Article published online:
18 February 2021

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