Team sport-specific exercise tests
STRETCHES
Participants completed a 10-min warm up of jogging, 3 × 10 m sprints, agility drills, stretches, and 3 × 20 m runs at 50%, 70%, and 90% of perceived maximum. After 5 min, they performed a first CMJ using an optimal measurement system (Optojump Next, Microgate, USA). Participants completed one practice and three maximal jumps separated by 1 min. After 3 min, they performed an 8 × 25 m repeated sprint test. Timing gates (Brower timing systems, Draper, Utah, USA) were placed at 0 and 25 m to record sprint times. Following each sprint, participants jogged back to the start line, with sprints departing every 25 s until the protocol had been repeated eight times. Participants received 2 min of recovery and then conducted a second CMJ test. After a further 5 min, they performed the Yo-Yo IR2, which required them to repeatedly carry out 2 × 20 m shuttle runs at increasing speeds dictated by audio signals [