Improving Sprint Performance in Soccer: Effectiveness of Jump Squat and Olympic Push Press Exercises.

Training at the optimum power load (OPL) is an effective way to improve neuromuscular abilities of highly trained athletes. The purpose of this study was to test the effects of training using the jump squat (JS) or Olympic push-press (OPP) exercises at the OPL during a short-term preseason on speed-...

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Main Authors: Irineu Loturco, Lucas Adriano Pereira, Ronaldo Kobal, Thiago Maldonado, Alessandro Fromer Piazzi, Altamiro Bottino, Katia Kitamura, Cesar Cavinato Cal Abad, Miguel de Arruda, Fabio Yuzo Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4839661?pdf=render