Sequencing effects of balance and plyometric training on physical performance in youth soccer athletes (original) (raw)

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Balance training may have a preconditioning effect on subsequent power training with youth. There are no studies examining whether the sequencing of balance and plyometric training has additional training benefits. The objective was to examine the effect of sequencing balance and plyometric training on the performance of 12-13 years old athletes. Twenty-four young elite soccer players trained twice per week for eight weeks either with an initial four weeks of balance training followed by four weeks of plyometric training (BPT) or four weeks of plyometric training proceeded by four weeks of balance training (PBT). Testing was conducted pre-and post-training and included medicine ball throw, horizontal and vertical jumps, reactive strength, and leg stiffness, agility, 10, 20, 30-m sprints, Standing Stork balance test and Y-Balance Test. Results indicated that BPT provided significantly greater improvements with reactive strength index, absolute and relative leg stiffness, triple hop test (THT) and a trend for the Y balance test (p=0.054) compared to PBT. While all other measures had similar changes for both groups, the average relative improvement for the BPT was 22.4% (d= 1.5) versus 15.0% (d= 1.1) for the PBT. BPT effect sizes were greater with 8 of 13 measures. In conclusion, while either sequence of BPT or PBT improved jumping, hopping, sprint acceleration, and Standing Stork and Y balance; BPT initiated greater training improvements in reactive strength index, absolute and relative leg stiffness, THT and the Y balance test. BPT may provide either similar or superior performance enhancements compared to PBT.

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