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Hardaway Chun-Kwan Chan
Hardaway Chun-Kwan
Chan
Daniel Fong
Daniel
Fong
Justin Wai-Yuk Lee
Justin Wai-Yuk
Lee
Quentin Kai-Ching Yau
Quentin Kai-Ching
Yau
Patrick Shu-Hang Yung
Patrick Shu-Hang
Yung
Kai-Ming Chan
Kai-Ming
Chan
Power and endurance in Hong Kong professional football players
Loughborough University
2016
Endurance
Field test
Fitness
Football
Power
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
2016-06-30 16:04:16
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Power_and_endurance_in_Hong_Kong_professional_football_players/9629405
Background
The purpose of this study was to investigate the power and endurance characteristics of Hong Kong professional football players. Training recommendations can be deduced based on the comparison between Hong Kong and international football players.
Methods
Eighty-eight Hong Kong professional football players (height, 177.2 ± 6.4 cm; weight, 70.6 ± 7.6 kg; age, 25.6 ± 5.0 years) in the first division league participated in a battery of tests, which included: (1) height, (2) weight, (3) countermovement jump, (4) 30-m sprinting, and (5) Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 2.
Results
Compared with the test results of the first division players in other countries as reported in the literature (Norway, France, and Scandinavian countries), Hong Kong players were shorter in height (0.1–2.1%), lighter in weight (5.5–8.3%), fair in vertical jump height (−4.8 –17%), slower in acceleration (4.2–5.1%) and maximum speed (3–14.2%), and had poorer aerobic and anaerobic endurance (22.9%).
Conclusion
The present study suggests that Hong Kong football players (or players with similar physique and ability) need to improve their power and endurance.