title: Jump Squat is More Related to Sprinting and Jumping Abilities than Olympic Push Press.
abstract: The aim of this study was to test the relationships between jump squat (JS) and Olympic push press (OPP) power outputs and performance in sprint, squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ) and change of direction (COD) speed tests in elite soccer players. 27 athletes performed a maximum power load test to determine their bar mean propulsive power (MPP) and bar mean propulsive velocity (MPV) in the JS and OPP exercises. Magnitude-based inference was used to compare the exercises. The MPV wasalmost certainlyhigher in the OPP than in the JS. The MPP relative to body mass (MPP REL) waspossiblyhigher in the OPP. Only the JS MPP REL presented very large correlations with linear speed (r>0.7, for speed in 5, 10, 20 and 30 m) and vertical jumping abilities (r>0.8, for SJ and CMJ), and moderate correlation with COD speed (r=0.45). Although significant (except for COD), the associations between OPP outcomes and field-based measurements (speed, SJ and CMJ) were all moderate, ranging from 0.40 to 0.48. In a group composed of elite soccer players, the JS exercise is more associated with jumping and sprinting abilities than the OPP. Longitudinal studies are needed to confirm if these strong relationships imply superior training effects in favor of the JS exercise.
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Loturco
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobal
authors.affiliation: SEP - Palmeiras Sport Society, Department of Professional Soccer, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: SEP - Palmeiras Sport Society, Department of Professional Soccer, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Piazzi
authors.affiliation: SEP - Palmeiras Sport Society, Department of Professional Soccer, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bottino
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: C C C
authors.initials: CCC
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, Sport Science, São Paulo, Brazil.|Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059385:Plyometric Exercise; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D012916:Soccer; D014891:Weight Lifting / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult