2134/21878 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.