PMID- 29910423 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2075-4663 (Electronic) IS - 2075-4663 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Aug 24 TI - Differences in Vertical Jump Force-Time Characteristics between Stronger and Weaker Adolescent Basketball Players. LID - 10.3390/sports5030063 [doi] LID - 63 AB - The countermovement jump (CMJ) and isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) are commonly used to compare one's force capacity during dynamic and isometric assessments, respectively. However, little research has investigated the influence of maximum isometric strength on drop-jump (DJ) performance. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore differences in CMJ and DJ force-time characteristics between stronger and weaker adolescent male basketball players. Sixteen adolescent male basketball players performed the IMTP to assess measures of peak force (IMTP PF), whereas CMJ and DJ calculated a range of kinetic and kinematic variables. Peak concentric force (CMJ-PF) in the CMJ was greater for stronger players (d = 1.99). However, no differences in DJ force-time characteristics existed between stronger and weaker players. Future research should be undertaken to investigate the role of maximum strength on DJ force-time characteristics in adolescent male basketball players. Such studies may help direct the creation of athlete training and monitoring programs more effectively to represent accurate player profiling. FAU - Thomas, Christopher AU - Thomas C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9831-6235 AD - Directorate of Sport, Exercise and Physiotherapy, University of Salford, Salford M6 6PU, UK. c.thomas2@edu.salford.ac.uk. FAU - Kyriakidou, Irene AU - Kyriakidou I AD - Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5UA, UK. I.Kyriakiou@2016.ljmu.ac.uk. FAU - Dos'Santos, Thomas AU - Dos'Santos T AD - Directorate of Sport, Exercise and Physiotherapy, University of Salford, Salford M6 6PU, UK. t.dossantos@hotmail.co.uk. FAU - Jones, Paul A AU - Jones PA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3295-7670 AD - Directorate of Sport, Exercise and Physiotherapy, University of Salford, Salford M6 6PU, UK. p.a.jones@salford.ac.uk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170824 PL - Switzerland TA - Sports (Basel) JT - Sports (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101722684 PMC - PMC5968968 OTO - NOTNLM OT - countermovement jump OT - drop jump OT - isometric mid-thigh pull OT - maximum strength OT - reactive strength COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2018/06/19 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/19 06:01 PMCR- 2017/08/24 CRDT- 2018/06/19 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/08/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sports5030063 [pii] AID - sports-05-00063 [pii] AID - 10.3390/sports5030063 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sports (Basel). 2017 Aug 24;5(3):63. doi: 10.3390/sports5030063.