Ratio of maximum oxygen consumption versus horizontal jump in soccer players Relación del consumo máximo de oxígeno frente al salto horizontal en jugadores de fútbol

Abstract

Background: The aeronautical capacity of athletes plays an important role in the development of sports practice. The determination of maximum oxygen consumption allows us to estimate the capacity of the aerobic system to respond to a demand; as well as his contribution in the different qualities of the corporal movement and the sport gesture. Objective: To determine the relationship between maximum oxygen consumption and horizontal jump in soccer players. Methods and materials: observational, descriptive and cross- sectional study with 47 soccer athletes. Morphological variables were determined from  anthropometry, maximum oxygen consumption by the Course Navette test, while the jump test was developed under the Bosco protocol and criteria. Results: The average of the maximum oxygen consumption was 43.53 ± 5.82 ml·kg·min-1 and 210.55 ± 0.24 cms for the distance obtained by the soccer players in the jump test. The value of the Pearson correlation between the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and the jump test shows a moderate positive  relationship (r = 0.55) with a confidence interval of 95%. Conclusions: Our study suggests that there is a relationship between maximum oxygen consumption and the jump test in soccer players.