TABLE 2.
Correlations between outcome variables of FV relationship and performance measures.
| Approach jump | T-test | 505 left | 505 right | CoDD left | CoDD right | 5 m sprint | 10 m sprint | 15 m sprint | 25 m sprint | ||
| FV jump | F0 | 0.45** | –0.18 | –0.15 | –0.06 | –0.12 | –0.02 | –0.03 | –0.05 | –0.03 | –0.16 |
| V0 | 0.09 | –0.02 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.16 | –0.08 | –0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | |
| Pmax | 0.02 | –0.09 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.18 | –0.14 | –0.08 | 0.04 | –0.10 | |
| FV slope | −0.18 | –0.06 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.09 | –0.05 | –0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Imbalance 90° | 0.16 | –0.10 | –0.21 | –0.21 | –0.22 | –0.18 | 0.06 | 0.02 | –0.07 | –0.07 | |
| FV sprint | F0 | 0.35* | −0.42** | –0.21 | 0.04 | −0.35* | 0.54** | −0.89** | −0.78** | −0.49** | −0.48** |
| V0 | 0.13 | –0.08 | –0.16 | −024 | –0.15 | –0.21 | 0.26 | –0.01 | −0.33* | −0.43** | |
| Pmax | 0.53** | −0.58** | −0.38* | –0.19 | 0.23 | 0.38* | −075** | −0.86** | −0.89* | −0.93** | |
| FV slope | −112 | 0.21 | 0.02 | –0.18 | −0.30* | −0.45** | 0.66** | 0.49** | 0.06 | 0.05 | |
| RFmax | 0.51** | −0.52** | −0.32* | –0.10 | 0.32* | 0.48* | −0.93** | −0.91** | −0.80** | −0.76** | |
| DRF | −0.08 | 0.19 | 0.012 | –0.18 | –0.29 | −0.44* | 0.63** | 0.43** | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Vopt | 0.13 | –0.08 | –0.16 | –0.24 | –0.15 | 0.21 | –0.01 | –0.01 | –0.33 | −0.43** | |
| Maximal speed | 0.27 | –0.19 | –0.25 | –0.28 | –0.09 | –0.11 | –0.21 | –0.21 | −0.56** | −0.61** |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; CoDD, change of direction deficit; F0, maximal theoretical force; V0, maximal theoretical velocity; Pmax, maximal power; FV, force-velocity relationship; FVopt, optimal slope of the force-velocity relationship; FV Imbalance, deviation from the optimal FV relationship for power production in the vertical direction; RFmax, ratio between vertical and horizontal ground reaction force; DRF, decrease of RFmax.