Vertically- and Horizontally-Directed Muscle Power Exercises and Top-Level Sprint Performance

Abstract: The capacity to rapidly generate and apply a great amount of force seems to play a key role in sprint running. However, it has recently been shown that, for sprinters, the technical ability to effectively orient the force onto the ground is more important than its total amount. The force-vector theory has been proposed ...

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