Maximal strength profile of young football athletes

• Autor(a) principal: Coelho, William Tomaz
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Veiga, Rousseau, Silva, Marcos Paulo de Oliveira da, Ferreira, Gustavo Dias, Pinheiro, Eraldo dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbff.com.br/index.php/rbff/article/view/1160
• topic: Strength training; Football; Performance; Physical assessment; Entrenamiento de fuerza; Fútbol; Actuación; Evaluación física; Allenamento della forza; Calcio; Prestazione; Valutazione fisica; Treinamento de Força; Futebol; Performance; Avaliação Física; Treinamento de força; Futebol; Performance; Avaliação física

Maximal strength has an important contribution to football athletes' performance, cause assists in improving linear speed, change of direction speed, and muscular power, beyond minimizing muscle-skeletal injury risks. This study aims to describe the maximal strength profile of (young) football athletes. With a sample of 39 male football players aged between 18 and 22 years old (body weight= 72,28 ±8,54 Kg; height=176,46 ±7,57 cm), the 1RM values in the bench press, squat, and deadlift exercises were measured and presented categorized by field positions. The relative strength coefficient of the athletes (1RM/body weight) was also measured. Goalkeepers proved to be the tallest and heaviest athletes (186,9 ±5,59 cm; 82,14 ±5,79 Kg), and with higher deadlift 1RM values (135,68 ±19,41 Kg), however, on the bench press and squat exercises, the defenders proved to be the strongest athletes (73,24 ±10,7 Kg e 111,48 ±9,97 Kg, respectively). When the relative strength coefficients are verified, the findings agree with others found in the literature, and there seems to be a prominent relationship between body mass and maximum strength.