Combined plyometric exercises for the reactive strength of a women's soccer team

Abstract

In women's soccer, strength is considered a determining capacity, for which its empowerment is an essential part of the content of sports preparation. Plyometrics combined with technical-tactical actions is important to improve levels of reactive force in the lower limbs of female soccer players (Under-18) in jumping actions to head, challenge the opponent for the ball, sprint in short stretches, stand out with pike and ball interception, as well as in one-on-one duels. Therefore, the objective of the research was to design combined plyometric exercises to improve the reactive strength of the lower limbs of the Villa Clara U-18 women's soccer team. Different methods were used, such as inductive-deductive, documentary analysis, measurement, analysis-synthesis, interview and specialist criteria. Results related to the diagnosis of the levels of reactive force in the lower limbs of the players are obtained, both from the physical point of view and the design of exercises with the combination of levels zero and one of plyometrics in different similar technical-tactical actions. to the conditions of the game. The combined plyometric exercises were structured and the results of the evaluation of the specialists regarding the formal quality and the usability of the proposal are very satisfactory.