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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2025

Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players.

Martin Mikulič, Jozef Cholp, Nikolas Nagy, Filip Skala

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Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Martin MikuličDepartment of Sports Games, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jozef CholpDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Nikolas NagyDepartment of Strength and Conditioning, Football Club DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia.
Filip SkalaDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Abstract

Players in European soccer academies frequently advance from the lower to the higher age group. Underdevelopment of their strength and speed capacities increases the risk of injury. On the one hand, this study compared the isometric strength and speed performance of elite youth soccer players regarding age groups. Further, it aimed to recognize differences in relative isometric strength between the national team selected and non-selected academy players. Eighty-three academy players from five age groups of single academy were compared in isometric peak force production in a bilateral knee flexion test (ISO 30°), abduction and adduction tests (ABD and ADD 60°). Their sprinting speed was evaluated by 10 and 30 meter sprint tests, and the 505 change of direction test (COD 180°). Significant age group effects were discovered for absolute isometric strength (

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agilitymaturity statusneuromuscular performancetalent identificationyouth soccer

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PMID40746753
PMCPMC12312405

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