Flywheel training lowers hamstring injury occurence in elite soccer players
When elite soccer players perform flywheel training, they are less likely to experience hamstring injuries. If that alone does not convince you: they also significantly increase strength and running speed compared to the control group that does not use flywheel training.
Scientific research about flywheel training and hamstring injury
This scientific study looked at the effect of 1-2 flywheel training sessions per week for 10 weeks in elite soccer players. Every training session consisted of 4 sets with 8 repetitions with the first set serving as specific warm-up. The rest period between sets was approximately 1 minute.
Results soccer players using flywheel training
30 Elite soccer players of premier-league division teams participated. 15 Of them performed the isoinertial workouts, while 15 others did not.
- The group that performed flywheel training experienced only 3 hamstring injuries during a 10-month period, while the control group experienced 10 hamstring injuries during the same time.
- The group that performed flywheel training, significantly increased eccentric- and concentric strength with 19 and 15% respectively, while the control group did not increase strength.
- The group that performed flywheel training increased 30 meter running speed significantly, while the control group did not.
Conclusion
These findings are in line with a previous study that showed that soccer players can reduce injury days by almost 70% when using flywheel training. Finally, we would like to finish with the conclusion of the researchers:
“The positive results from the present study should give an incentive for it [flywheel training] to be utilized more systematically within elite soccer, both from an injury prevention and from performance enhancement point of view”.
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