Specificity of curvilinear sprint performance in youth female soccer players : comparison with linear sprint and relationship with vertical jumps

Sašek, Matic (avtor), Smajla, Darjan (avtor), Bratina, Kaja (avtor), Spudić, Darjan (avtor)

Differences between left and right curvilinear (CSL and CSR) and linear sprinting (LS) and their relationship to vertical jump performance in youth female soccer players were investigated. Twenty-four players completed 30 m LS, CSL and CSR together with vertical jumps (single-leg and bilateral countermovement jump, squat jump and drop jump). Sprint times (10, 20, 30 m), peak speed (S$_{peak}$), peak acceleration (A$_{peak}$) and acceleration-speed profiles including maximal theoretical speed (S$_0$), maximal theoretical acceleration (A$_0$) and acceleration speed slope (AS$_{slope}$) were calculated. The influence of sprint type on the variables was analysed using ANOVA, while the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between jump height and sprint performance. Sprint type had a significant effect on most variables (p ≤ 0.003, η$^2$ ≥ 0.14), except A$_{peak}$. LS showed higher S$_{peak}$, maximal theoretical speed (S$_0$), 20 m and 30 m split times compared to CSL and CSR. Single-leg countermovement jumps correlated strongly with S$_{peak}$ and S$_0$ (r ≥ 0.46). Furthermore, LS and CS performance variables were trivially to strongly correlated (r = 0.04–0.78). The results highlight the specific demands of CS compared to LS and emphasise the role of unilateral lower-limb power for CS performance in female soccer players.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: soccer, training, women, youth sports, speed, curvilinear sprint
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FŠ - Fakulteta za šport
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 414–432
• Številčenje: Vol. 26, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-181950
• UDK: 796.3
• ISSN pri članku: 1474-8185
• DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2025.2507414
• COBISS.SI-ID: 237080323
• Datum objave v RUL: 20.04.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of performance analysis in sport
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff School of Sport, Centre for Performance Analysis, International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport, ISPAS-Asia, Spanish Association of Sports Performance Analysis
• ISSN: 1474-8185
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4089265

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: nogomet, vadba, ženske, šport mladih, hitrost, zaviti sprinti

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0443
• Naslov: Kineziologija za učinkovitost in preventivo mišično-skeletnih poškodb v športu

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0147
• Naslov: Kineziologija monostrukturnih, polistrukturnih in konvencionalnih športov