ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Pairwise Comparison of Effects of Linear vs. Change of Direction Short Bout Sprint Intervals on Physical Performance of Youth Male Soccer Players.
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- Effects of high-intensity interval training on physical fitness in trained adolescent athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
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Abstract
Our study aimed to examine and compare the effects of 12-week repeated sprint intervals with change of direction and linear sprint intervals on physical performance in young soccer players. In this randomized, parallel three-group study, we included 60 male soccer players assigned to (i) a sprint interval with change of direction group (RS-CoD; n = 20); (ii) a linear sprint interval group (RS-LiN; n = 20); and (iii) a soccer group (SOC; n = 20). Physical performance included explosive power (countermovement jump [CMJ] and squat jump [SJ]), agility (T505, 93,639, 20Y), speed (sprints over 5 m, 10 m and 20 m), anaerobic capacity (the Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test [RAST]) and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max). Over the 12 weeks, the RS-CoD group displayed significantly beneficial effects in the 93639 test (effect size [ES] = 0.42), compared to the RS-LiN (ES = 0.18) and SOC (ES = 0.12) groups. The RS-CoD group also had larger improvements in their SJ (ES = 0.87; RS-LiN 0.37; SOC 0.18), CMJ (ES = 0.56; RS-LiN 0.39; SOC 0.43), 20Y test (ES = 1.05; RS-LiN 0.67; SOC 0.56) and sprints at 5 m (ES = 1.18; RS-LiN 0.50; SOC 0.21) and 20 m (ES = 1.43; RS-LiN 0.71; SOC 0.25). The RS-CoD group displayed more beneficial improvements, making the CoD interval sprints effective training stimuli.
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