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Is the relationship between sprinting and maximal aerobic speeds in young soccer players affected by maturation?
Alberto Mendez-Villanueva1, Martin Buchheit, Sami Kuitunen
1Sport Science Dept., ASPIRE, Academy for Sports Excellence, Doha, Qatar.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between maximal sprinting (MSS) and aerobic (MAS) speeds in a cohort of highly-trained young male soccer players with the influence of body mass controlled for using allometric scaling. MSS and MAS were obtained in 14 pre-age at peak height velocity (APHV) players (12.3 ± 0.7 years), 21 circum-APHV players (14.3 ± 0.9 year) and 26 post-APHV players (16.9 ± 0.7 years). The three groups showed similar positive correlations between MSS and MAS (r = 0.73 to 0.52; p < .01). In conclusion, our results suggest that the relationship between MSS and MAS is not affected by maturation.
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