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Effects of Strength Level on Youth Athlete Performance Indicators

Wagner, Jayson Kyle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=walshhonors1651525556892166

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2022, Bachelor of Science, Walsh University, Honors.
Currently the information available on how to properly train youth athletes is limited due to the lack of studies performed on this population. It is widely understood that youth athletes should be trained in some manner but exactly how they might be trained for maximum effectiveness is still unclear. To better understand how to train youth athletes this study looks at 16 male athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 years old who participate in at least one sport and have had at least a youth of strength training experience. The study aims to determine how relative strength levels in the squat and deadlift effect the performance of five athletic indicators, the max hang high pull, 40-yard dash, 10-yard dash, max broad jump, and 3-cone drill. These were the chosen indicators because each movement demonstrates an athletes’ speed, agility, and power production all of which are essential markers of athletic success. Each athlete performed a max squat and deadlift to determine their relative strength levels where the highest eight scores of each lift were placed in a high strength group and the lowest eight were placed in the low strength groups. Correlational analyses were run to determine if there were any correlations between strength levels and performance each of the athletic indicators. One-way ANOVA tests were run between the high and low strength squat and deadlift groups respectively to determine if there was a significant difference between the high and low strength groups of each lift. There was a significant correlation between relative squat strength and each of the five indicators at the .05 level, there was also a significant correlation between relative deadlift strength and each of the five indicators at the .05 level. The one-way ANOVA tests revealed there was a significant difference (p ≤ .05) between the high and low relative deadlift strength groups in each of the five indicators while there was also a significant difference between the high and low relative squat strength groups in each indicator except the hang high pull. These results indicate that relative strength levels of youth athletes, specifically relative strength levels in the squat and deadlift, have a significant effect on the way they can perform in athletic tests required of their sports.
Kelton Mehls (Advisor)
46 p.
Health; Health Sciences; Physical Education; Sports Medicine
strength; squat; deadlift; youth athletes; correlations; low strength; high strength; performance indicators; 40-yard dash; 10-yard dash; 3-cone drill; hang high pull; broad jump; strength training; power training; speed; agility

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  • Wagner, J. K. (2022). Effects of Strength Level on Youth Athlete Performance Indicators [Undergraduate thesis, Walsh University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=walshhonors1651525556892166

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wagner, Jayson. Effects of Strength Level on Youth Athlete Performance Indicators. 2022. Walsh University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=walshhonors1651525556892166.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wagner, Jayson. "Effects of Strength Level on Youth Athlete Performance Indicators." Undergraduate thesis, Walsh University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=walshhonors1651525556892166

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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