Vertical Jump Is Strongly Associated to Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test in Teenage Futsal Male Athletes

• Main Authors: Marcelo Magalhães Sales (Author), Ana Paula Maciel (Author), Samuel da Silva Aguiar (Author), Ricardo Yukio Asano (Author), Daisy Motta-Santos (Author), José Fernando Vila Nova de Moraes (Author), Polissandro Mortoza Alves (Author), Patrick Anderson Santos (Author), Lucas Pinheiro Barbosa (Author), Carlos Ernesto (Author), Caio Victor Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

As one of the most popular sport modalities in Brazil, and with an exponential growth in Europe, futsal is characterized by intermittent stimulus of anaerobic high intensity sprints. The running-based anaerobic sprint test (RAST) is one of the most common tests to assess anaerobic power in futsal athletes, however, it presents both time and physical challenges. Therefore, we aimed to correlate RAST with a simpler test, the vertical jump (VJ), in teenage male futsal athletes; Methods: Thirteen volunteers were enrolled and underwent two visits to the laboratory, one for the VJ and the other for the RAST in a randomized order; Results: The association test indicates a strong and significant correlation between VJ and RAST. We conclude that VJ can be used as an alternative to RAST in teenage male futsal athletes.

Item Description

2075-4663
10.3390/sports6040129