Resumen de Effects of bilateral or unilateral training program on maximal strength performancein young soccer players
Enrique Sanz Ramírez, Rodrigo Aranda Malavés, Joaquín González Ródenas
Strength performance is an important performance factor involved in a myriad of specific sport skills as well as decreasing injury risk (Suchomel, Nimphius &Stone, 2016). In sports such as football, high intensity efforts are involved in some of the most relevant moments such as winning possession, scoring or conceding goal (Helgerund, Rodas, Kemi &Hoff, 2011). Different training methods have been implemented in order to improve strength performance and its transference to specific skills. Recently, interest on methods based on unilateral exercises and its inclusion in training programs has increased (Makaruk, Winchester, Sadowski, Czaplicki, &Sacewicz, 2011). This kind of exercises are performed exclusively or predominantly by one leg instead of two legs. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of two strength training programs, one based on unilateral exercises and the other one on bilateral exercises, on maximal strength in unilateral and bilateral squat of young soccer players.
