Methods of developing power with special reference to football players
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Place of Publication
Philadelpia, USA
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
20433
Abstract
Power-generating capacity should be a primary training outcome for football athletes. The ability to be explosive and use high levels of strength seems to differentiate between athletes and teams. Developing training interventions that can improve both strength- and power-generating capacity would therefore be considered a paramount endeavor when attempting to optimize the physiological and performance adaptations necessary for competitive success. Too often, strength and conditioning coaches forget that the foundation of power-generating capacity is in fact high levels of muscular strength. When the development of strength is minimized or excluded from the training plan, the ability to express high-power outputs is compromised. In addition, a failure to use sequenced and integrated training programs decreases the possibility of successfully increasing strength- and power-generating capacity, thus decreasing the potential for competitive success. Therefore, this brief review attempts to explain how strength- and power-generating capacity can be enhanced to increase the potential for developing the physiological and performance foundation necessary for competitive success with the football athlete.
DOI
10.1519/SSC.0000000000000153
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Haff. G. G., & Stone, M. H. (2015). Methods of developing power with special reference to football players. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 37(6), 2-16. doi: 10.1519/SSC.0000000000000153. Available here