Very-heavy sled training for improving horizontal-force output in soccer players
(Schweres Zugschlittentraining zur Verbesserung der horizontalen Kraft von Fußballspielern)
Background:
Sprint running acceleration is a key feature of physical performance in team sports, and recent literature shows that the ability to generate large magnitudes of horizontal ground-reaction force and mechanical effectiveness of force application are paramount. The authors tested the hypothesis that very-heavy loaded sled sprint training would induce an improvement in horizontal-force production, via an increased effectiveness of application.
Methods:
Training-induced changes in sprint performance and mechanical outputs were computed using a field method based on velocity-time data, before and after an 8-wk protocol (16 sessions of 10- × 20-m sprints). Sixteen male amateur soccer players were assigned to either a very-heavy sled (80% body mass sled load) or a control group (unresisted sprints).
Results:
The main outcome of this pilot study is that very-heavy sled-resisted sprint training, using much greater loads than traditionally recommended, clearly increased maximal horizontal-force production compared with standard unloaded sprint training (effect size of 0.80 vs 0.20 for controls, unclear between-groups difference) and mechanical effectiveness (ie, more horizontally applied force; effect size of 0.95 vs -0.11, moderate between-groups difference). In addition, 5-m and 20-m sprint performance improvements were moderate and small for the very-heavy sled group and small and trivial for the control group, respectively.
Practical Applications:
This brief report highlights the usefulness of very-heavy sled (80% body mass) training, which may suggest value for practical improvement of mechanical effectiveness and maximal horizontal-force capabilities in soccer players and other team-sport athletes.
Results:
This study may encourage further research to confirm the usefulness of very-heavy sled in this context.
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Schlagworte: | Fußball Training Trainingsmittel Schnelligkeit Beschleunigung Sprint |
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Notationen: | Spielsportarten |
Tagging: | Zugschlitten |
DOI: | 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0444 |
Veröffentlicht in: | International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
Veröffentlicht: |
2017
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Jahrgang: | 12 |
Heft: | 6 |
Seiten: | 840-844 |
Dokumentenarten: | Artikel Infografik |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Level: | hoch |