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Predictive Value of Repeated Jump Testing on Nomination Status in Professional and under 19 Soccer Players

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  • Zacharias Papadakis

    (Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Health Promotion and Clinical Practice, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161, USA)

  • Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos

    (Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Iraklis A. Kollias

    (Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

Abstract

Soccer clubs invest time and money in multidimensional identification practices, but the field implementation is still problematic. The repeated vertical jump test (RVJ), as an alternative to the monodimensional vertical jump, may offer similar prognostic value. Therefore, the prognostic validity of 15 RVJ within professional (PRO, n = 24) and under 19 years old (U19, n = 20) Greek male soccer players was examined. T-test, binomial logistic regression, and receiver operating characteristic for prognostic validity of anthropometric and performance values in predicting PRO status were applied using Jamovi version 2.3.3.0. Significant group differences presented in body height and mass, body mass index (BMI), maximum and average jump height, and relative jump power. The predicting model was significant ( x 2 (2) = 17.12, p < 0.001). Height and BMI were positive predictors of the PRO status ( b = 21.66, p = 0.008 and b = 0.94, p = 0.014, respectively). The model was 73% accurate, 75% specific, and 71% sensitive, with excellent area under the curve. The RVJ test demonstrated outstanding discriminating prognostic validity. Until the applicability of the multidimensional models in predicting future player status is further established, field practitioners may use the simplistic RVJ testing to predict future status among male soccer players.

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  • Zacharias Papadakis & Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos & Iraklis A. Kollias, 2022. "Predictive Value of Repeated Jump Testing on Nomination Status in Professional and under 19 Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-16, October.
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