Table 1. Pearson’s correlations coefficients between the force–velocity relationship parameters (F₀, v₀, and P_max) and performance variables (unloaded squat jump height and 20 m sprint time) obtained during the jumping and sprinting testing.

Sport	F0 (N/kg)	v0 (m/s)	Pmax (W/kg)	Performance
Basketball
♂HL (n = 16)	0.16	−0.07	0.65**	−0.60*
♂ML (n = 12)	0.20	0.48	0.25	−0.67*
♀ML (n = 17)	0.53*	−0.28	0.67**	−0.92**
All (n = 45)	0.33*	−0.26	0.70***	−0.82***
Futsal
♂EL (n = 39)	0.14	0.03	0.02	−0.23
♂HL (n = 10)	0.43	0.54	0.49	−0.36
♀ML (n = 28)	0.10	0.26	0.34	−0.47*
All (n = 77)	0.40***	0.35**	0.70***	−0.74***
Gymnastics
♂EL (n = 14)	0.33	0.35	0.60*	−0.63*
♀EL (n = 12)	0.13	0.18	0.45	−0.60*
All (n = 26)	0.34	0.56**	0.82***	−0.81***
Handball
♂EL (n = 31)	−0.12	0.31	0.40*	−0.63**
♀EL (n = 15)	0.47	0.27	0.47	−0.35
All (n = 46)	0.38**	0.01	0.50***	−0.73***
Judo
♂HL (n = 10)	0.60	0.22	0.39	−0.63
♀HL (n = 10)	0.46	0.71*	0.59	−0.77**
All (n = 20)	0.45*	0.88***	0.65**	−0.87***
Karate
♂ML (n = 18)	0.26	0.42	0.41	−0.46
♀ML (n = 14)	0.46	0.29	0.24	−0.67**
All (n = 32)	0.24	0.48**	0.61***	−0.81***
Rugby
♂EL (n = 21)	0.01	0.26	−0.01	−0.27
♀EL (n = 15)	0.01	0.21	0.09	−0.47
All (n = 36)	−0.10	0.28	−0.02	−0.79***
Soccer
♂EL (n = 21)	0.31	−0.05	0.15	−0.32
♂HL (n = 18)	0.34	0.15	0.24	−0.45
♂ML (n = 34)	0.42*	0.27	0.44**	−0.59***
♀EL (n = 18)	0.11	0.06	0.49**	−0.60***
♀ML (n = 20)	0.37	0.18	0.63**	−0.92***
All (n = 111)	0.47***	0.23*	0.62***	−0.74***
Sprint
♂HL (n = 15)	0.50	0.36	0.36	−0.35
♀HL (n = 13)	0.55	0.18	0.26	−0.50
All (n = 28)	0.60**	0.55**	0.66***	−0.73***
Taekwondo
♂ML (n = 13)	0.39	0.45	0.21	−0.46
♀ML (n = 10)	0.31	0.38	0.10	−0.28
All (n = 23)	0.34	0.69***	0.36	−0.59**
Tennis
♂HL (n = 17)	0.50*	0.37	0.41	−0.57
♀HL (n = 14)	0.54*	0.61*	0.44	−0.34
All (n = 31)	0.43*	0.69***	0.62***	−0.69***
Sports science students
♂LL (n = 16)	0.58*	0.43	0.64**	−0.67**
♀LL (n = 14)	0.48*	0.24	0.61*	−0.59*
All (n = 30)	0.57**	0.48**	0.78***	−0.83***
Volleyball
♂ML (n = 19)	0.47*	−0.31	−0.10	−0.27
♀ML (n = 16)	0.48*	−0.04	0.48	−0.53*
All (n = 35)	0.47**	−0.04	0.47**	−0.67***
Weightlifting
♂HL (n = 9)	0.29	0.32	0.49	−0.48
♀HL (n = 8)	0.36	0.23	0.46	−0.45
All (n = 17)	0.67**	0.22	0.71**	−0.70**

Notes:

F₀, theoretical maximal force; v₀, theoretical maximal velocity; P_max, theoretical maximal power; LL, low level or amateur; ML, medium level or semi-professional; HL, high level or professional; EL, elite level or international. Significant correlations (highlighted in bold): *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Qualitative interpretations of the Pearson’s correlations coefficients: trivial (r < 0.1), small (r = 0.1–0.3), moderate (r = 0.3–0.5), large (r = 0.5–0.7), very large (r = 0.7–0.9), and nearly perfect (r > 0.9) (Hopkins et al., 2009).