Abstract
Explosive strength of lower limbs is very important for footballers and for goalkeepers mainly. The research group consisted of 19 top level players (age = 28,3 +- 9,1 years, height = 184 +- 7,3 cm, wight = 85,7 +- 13,2 kg).
The lower limbs strength was scanned by force platforms (KISTLER Instrumente AG, Switzerland). Monitored participants performed three types of a vertical jump, T1 - CMJ-F, T2 - CMJ, T3 - SQJ.
Evaluation parameters: height of the jump h (cm), breaking impulse I1 (Ns-1), acceleration impulse I2 (Ns-1), time of the braking phase t1(s), time of the take off t2 (s). The results of explosive strength were: T1 - hT1 = 0.45 +- 0.061 m; I1T1 = 105,5 +- 34,3 Ns-1; I2T1 = 263.8 +- 41,1 Ns-1; t1varT1 = 0,079 s; t2varT1 = 0,0815 s.
T2 - hT2 = 0.39 +- 0.06 m; I1T2 = 130,3 +- 20.1 Ns-1; I2T2 = 246.8 +- 44,9 Ns-1; t1varT2 = 0,055 s; t2varT1 = 0,08 s. T3 - hT3 = 0.35 +- 0.051 m; I2T1 = 238.2 +- 39,3 Ns-1; t2varT1 = 0,106 s.
Maximal height was achieved in the first type of the jump when h1 = 0.45 +- 0.03 m. This result was better by 13.3% (0.06 m) compared to the jump from standing position without the arm support (T2) and by 20% (0.09 m; ) higher than the squat jump without the arm support (T3).
Observing group of elite goalkeepers revealed high homogeneity. Best performances were achieved, in accordance with expectation, in the first type of the jump (T1).
The results of vertical jump implementation without the upper limbs support (T2) and from squat without the help of the upper limbs (T3) are more comparable; although we could expect that jump implementation with squat could help to higher absolute value of the vertical jump.