PMID- 32942648 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201020 IS - 2075-4663 (Electronic) IS - 2075-4663 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Sep 15 TI - Effects of an Initial Muscle Strength Level on Sports Performance Changes in Collegiate Soccer Players. LID - 10.3390/sports8090127 [doi] LID - 127 AB - The purposes of this study were to investigate effects of partial block periodized strength training on physical performance and to examine relationships between initial muscle strength measured with isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and performance changes after 7 weeks of strength training. Seventeen collegiate male soccer players participated. Initial muscle strength was determined using IMTP while physical performance included 10 m and 20 m sprints and static vertical jump with a polyvinyl chloride pipe (SJ0), 20 kg barbell (SJ20), and barbell loaded to 40 kg bar (SJ40). Performance testing was performed at three points: before first week (baseline), fourth week (T1), and seventh week (T2). Statistically small to moderate changes were found from baseline to T2 in peak power (PP; p < 0.001, ES = 0.49), net impulse (NI; p < 0.001, ES = 0.49), peak velocity (PV; p < 0.001, ES = 0.62), allometrically scaled PP (PPa; p < 0.001, ES = 0.62) in SJ20 and jump height (JH) in SJ40 (p < 0.001, ES = 0.36). Moderate to large correlations were found between isometric peak force and the changes from baseline to T2 in SJ20 PP (p = 0.04, r = -0.49), SJ20 PF (p = 0.03, r = -0.52), PPa (p = 0.04, r = -0.50), and SJ20 allometrically scaled peak force (p = 0.04, r = -0.49). Properly structured strength training maximizes task-specific physical performance. Initial muscle strength negatively affects the magnitudes of adaptations to physical performance. FAU - Ishida, Ai AU - Ishida A AD - Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. FAU - Rochau, Kyle AU - Rochau K AD - Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. FAU - Findlay, Kyle P AU - Findlay KP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2478-8990 AD - Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. FAU - Devero, Brandon AU - Devero B AD - Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. FAU - Duca, Marco AU - Duca M AD - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Universita degli Studi di Milano, 20129 Milan, Italy. FAU - Stone, Michael H AU - Stone MH AD - Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200915 PL - Switzerland TA - Sports (Basel) JT - Sports (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101722684 PMC - PMC7552670 OTO - NOTNLM OT - athlete monitoring OT - block periodization OT - collegiate sports OT - specificity OT - strength training COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/09/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/19 06:01 PMCR- 2020/09/15 CRDT- 2020/09/18 01:02 PHST- 2020/08/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/18 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sports8090127 [pii] AID - sports-08-00127 [pii] AID - 10.3390/sports8090127 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sports (Basel). 2020 Sep 15;8(9):127. doi: 10.3390/sports8090127.