Relative Strength For Soccer, You Better Get Some!

While there is such a thing as too strong for a certain task due to the fact that sports have time constraints in which we can apply force, most people are not even close to that point. The studies have proven the importance of strength for speed and so has the real world. Every time my squat has gone up so have my vertical jump and my acceleration. The same goes for my athletes. Maybe it sounds too simple, but as the new saying goes (I have heard more people say this lately than ever) “it is what it is”, I know so scientific. I do have an explanation for you – first of all when an athletes’ bodyweight is not taken into consideration the measure of strength is called absolute strength. When bodyweight is taken into consideration, the measure of strength is called relative strength because their strength level is taken relative to their bodyweight. Relative strength can be improved two ways, either by getting leaner by losing body fat and overall weight, or by keeping the same bodyweight but getting stronger.

As a person gets stronger and can lift a heavier weight in the squat, they should then be able to lift a percentage of their new 1 RM weight faster or their own bodyweight faster because both will represent less of a load. In one study it was discovered that when tests of strength were compared relative to body mass, there were significant correlations to jumping performance. Measures of absolute strength, which did not account for body mass showed no correlation to jumping tests. (Nuzzo 2008)

The results of studies using male high school aged soccer players up to professional players as subjects also exhibit a strong relationship between leg strength in the back squat exercises and the various field tests. Maximal strength in the half squat exercise has significant correlation to speed in distances measured up to 30 meters and vertical jump ability. (Wisloff 2004, Ronnestad 2008) In another study on high school aged soccer players it was found that leg muscle volume and maximal half squat strength are significantly related to 5-meter sprint times. (Souhaiel 2009)

In future posts I will talk more about the specifics of getting relatively stronger, but for now, realize there is work to be done. It should excite you though, because now you know that strength is the backbone for power and speed.

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