Andreas Kyriacou Rossi - Fitness Instructor - Health Coach

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🔬 The Influence of Strength in High-level Youth Soccer ⚽️

From testing to presenting 🚀

At this year’s annual and International Congress of Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise I had the privilege to present our study:

“The Influence of Strength Level on Sport-Specific Fitness Elements Between Stronger and Weaker Youth Soccer Players.”

📊 Our findings highlight a clear message:

➡️ Stronger youth athletes outperform weaker ones across all soccer-specific fitness elements — sprinting, agility, jump performance, shot velocity, and even time of play.
➡️ Rate of Torque Development (RTD) was significantly higher in stronger athletes, showing that stronger athletes not only are ably to apply higher amounts of strength, but they are able to apply it faster as well.

💡 Practical takeaway for coaches:
Regularly test and categorize athletes by strength level.
Weaker players should focus on building maximal strength and fat-free mass by speeding more time in resistance training.
Stronger players benefit most from power and velocity-based training to shift the force–velocity curve.
🚀 Building stronger athletes means building faster, more resilient, and more effective footballers.

33rd International Congress of Sport Science & PE

Presenting my latest research….

🔸 Concurrent Power & RST Training Increases Physical Fitness in High-Level Youth Soccer Players.

*paper will be soon available.

*Lots of credits and gratitude to all my colleagues and professors who supported the project, as well as, the soccer team and coaches for the participation. 🙏🙏

The latest findings on Soccer Endurance Training and application of different HIIT types 🎯🎯⚽️⚽️

A new journey has begun!

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Research Alert 🧐

In our new paper we reviewed the effect of various aspects of strength on Handball-specific fitness elements 🤾‍♂️🔬📶

If you are interested you can have a look at my personal LinkedIn account, ResearchGate account or at the Official Research journal of the NATIONAL STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION (the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research)
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📌https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-kyriacou-rossi-446099198?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
📌https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas-Kyriacou-Rossi
📌https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/9900/the_influence_of_strength_level_on.349.aspx

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