Vertical Jump Performance in Italian Male and Female National Team Soccer Players

Castagna, Carlo; Castellini, Elena

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“…Anthropometry Female national team players and those competing in the highest domestic leagues are on average 20 -27 years old, 1.61 -1.70 m in stature, weighing 57 -65 kg, with a body fat percentage of 14.6 -20.1% and lean muscle mass of 45.7 ± 3.9 kg (mean ± SD) [10,13,17,18,21,27,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]] (see Table 2). Height and body mass of elite female players remains comparable to earlier reports, however, percentage body fat is now lower than previously observed (20.8 -22%) [1].…”

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“…However, trends are apparent with goalkeepers recording the lowest scores [35,37] and midfielders and forwards recording greater scores than defenders [37]. Vertical jump performance has been shown to differentiate between age groups [36,61]. Specifically, U19 Italian national team players produced higher countermovement jumps (CMJ's) and squat jumps (SJ's) than their under seventeen (U17) counterparts [36].…”

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“…Furthermore, a significant relationship has been demonstrated between team success and average jump height and leg extension power, thus demonstrating the importance of this physical component for soccer-specific performance [60]. There are numerous reports within the literature detailing the power performance of female players across differing competition levels; university [37,41,42], high school [56,61], lower division domestic league [32,44], higher division domestic [20,21,35], national team youth [36] and senior national team players [11,36,43,49]. As with the other components of physical fitness previously described, the ability to compare data between studies is hindered by the different protocols and equipment adopted by researchers.…”

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“…Unilateral jump performance has a stronger correlation with sprint performance than bilateral jump performance and is a useful tool for assessing asymmetries, therefore the inclusion of unilateral jumps in a testing protocol is warranted [41]. Castagna and Castellini [36] have attempted to describe thresholds of acceptable vertical jump values for elite females using the data gathered from Italian national team players. The authors have suggested scores over 34.4 cm and 32.9 cm for CMJ and static jump should be regarded as superior vertical jump abilities.…”

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“…Vertical jump performance has been shown to differentiate between age groups [36,61]. Specifically, U19 Italian national team players produced higher countermovement jumps (CMJ's) and squat jumps (SJ's) than their under seventeen (U17) counterparts [36]. Additionally, an improvement in CMJ performance has been described until players reach an age of 15 -16 and then a plateau in performance is shown until 21 years of age [61].…”

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