Research summary · Youth development
Training choices for female adolescent team-sport athletes
This network analysis compares exercise approaches for jump, sprint and change-of-direction performance in adolescent girls playing team sports.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Population / context
- Female adolescent team sports
What the publication reports
Forty-seven randomized trials with 1,433 athletes formed eight intervention nodes. Combined training and plyometrics showed the most consistent signals for jumping and sprinting, while change-of-direction effects were task-specific.
Limits and interpretation
Evidence certainty was low to moderate and biological maturation was often poorly controlled. Network rankings do not establish one universally best programme for every sport, athlete or outcome.
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Comparative effects of exercise-based interventions on jump, linear sprint, and change-of-direction performance in female adolescent team-sport athletes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42460307DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1867361Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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