Research summary · Training and performance
How resisted sprint training transfers to other tasks
A three-level meta-analysis examines whether resisted sprint training transfers beyond acceleration to jumping and planned changes of direction.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Systematic review and three-level meta-analysis
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Population / context
- Athletes · Sprinting, jumping and change of direction
What the publication reports
Sixty-six studies included 1,945 participants; 31 controlled studies contributed 179 effects to the primary analysis. Mean effects favoured acceleration (g = 0.32), vertical jump (0.25), horizontal jump (0.24) and change of direction (0.46), although most prediction intervals crossed zero.
Limits and interpretation
Certainty was moderate only for acceleration and low for the other outcomes. The evidence was predominantly male, and no universal load, dose or modality emerged.
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Is Training Transfer Uniform? A Systematic Review and Three-Level Meta-Analysis of Resisted Sprint Training Effects on Acceleration, Jumping, and Change of Direction Performance in Athletes
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42820357DOI: 10.1111/sms.70375Reader discussion
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