Category
Football Codes
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
This study explored the effect of the competitive level and leg preference on the vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) during instep soccer kicking, and its relationship on ball velocity. Seventy-eight players belonging to four different competitive levels (female professional, male professional, male elite youth, and male non-elite youth) performed maximal instep kicks with their preferred and non-preferred legs from which the ball velocity and the vGRF were collected. The results showed that higher-level players and preferred leg kicks exhibited a double-peak vGRF pattern, but lower-level players and non-preferred kicks exhibited a single-peak vGRF pattern. The vGRF had a weak to moderate positive correlation with ball velocity (r = 0.27–0.46). These findings highlight the importance of support leg mechanics in optimizing kicking performance.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Yecheng; Navandar, Archit; and Navarro, Enrique
(2025)
"COMPETITIVE-LEVEL AND LEG PREFERENCE EFFECTS ON VERTICAL GROUND REACTION FORCES IN SOCCER KICKING,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 43:
Iss.
1, Article 91.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol43/iss1/91
