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Body Fat, Muscle Mass, and Sprint Performance – Blog Entry by NASE

August 5, 2020

Abstract: It is generally believed that more muscle mass in the lower body reflects more muscular strength and power. If true, greater ground reaction forces may be facilitated from increasing muscle mass, which may result in higher maximal running speeds. One method to assess the potential contributions of body composition (i.e. muscle mass and fat …

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Proprioceptive Training and Agility Performance, Blog Entry by NASE

July 14, 2020

ABSTRACT Background and Purpose: Football is a high intensity intermittent sport which requires the successful and effective execution of the technical skill like agility, change of direction, acceleration, deceleration, sudden stops and shots largely depends on the football players’ ability to control their balance and to adapt better and faster to their ever changing bodily …

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Plyometric and Speed Training Effects on Linear Speed, COD, and Speed Endurance – Blog Entry by NASE

July 3, 2020

Abstract: It has been well established that plyometric and speed training have positive impacts on fitness parameters in soccer players. The aim of this study was to compare short-term effects of a combined plyometric and speed training implemented on the same or separate days of a week on change of direction (COD), linear speed (LS), …

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Purchase Archived/On-Demand Sports Speed Digests or become a NASE Member to have access to all back Issues SSDs containing over 1000 pages and hundreds of articles. The NASE Sports Speed Digest is published online quarterly and is the authoritative source on Speed Improvement for football, rugby, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis and other team/individual sports.