Bilateral and Unilateral Jump Biomechanics

After the standardized warm-up, the players performed three bilateral CMJ and three unilateral Abalakov jumps (ABK) with each limb, separated by 45 s of passive recovery (Núñez et al., 2018 (link)). During the CMJ, all participants were instructed to place their hands on their hips, which was followed by a vertical jump at maximal effort and landing in a vertical position, with their knees being flexed after landing (Sáez de Villarreal et al., 2015 (link)). However, during ABK, the swinging of the arms was allowed. All the jumps were performed on a platform with infrared rays (Optojump Next; Microgate^®, Bolzano, Italy), and the jump height (cm) was recorded. The best of the performances of each test was selected for the subsequent statistical analysis.