Strength and Conditioning in Indoor Team Sports: Strategies for Performance Optimization
A special issue of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN 2411-5142). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Exercise for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2025 | Viewed by 99
Special Issue Editors
Interests: youth sports; biological maturation; talent; movement variability
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Interests: assessment and development of strength, power, multidirectional speed; injury mitigation
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Interests: long-term athlete development; team sports; talent identification; development; skill acquisition; coach education; talentid; performance analysis; injury prevention
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Strength and conditioning are essential for optimizing athletic performance, reducing injury risk, and achieving competitive success in indoor team sports. Basketball, handball, futsal, volleyball, ice hockey, floorball, netball, and roller hockey, among others, necessitate meticulously designed training programs that address the specific physiological and biomechanical demands of athletes participating in these disciplines. This Special Issue offers a comprehensive analysis of evidence-based training methodologies and their effects on performance enhancement and injury prevention across all competitive levels. We welcome submissions of original research articles, systematic reviews, and applied studies that investigate the efficacy of various training modalities, including resistance training, plyometrics, energy system development, and multidirectional speed training. Studies employing experimental, observational, or longitudinal designs to evaluate athletic performance metrics, injury prevention strategies, and sport-specific conditioning techniques are of particular interest. This Special Issue will provide coaches, sports scientists, and practitioners with actionable insights for optimizing training protocols by translating research findings into practical applications. We anticipate that the collective findings presented will contribute significantly to developing best practices in strength and conditioning, ultimately fostering long-term athletic success and improving performance standards in indoor team sports.
Dr. Jorge Lima Arede
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gonzalo-Skok
Prof. Dr. Nuno Leite
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- strength and conditioning
- athletic performance optimization
- injury prevention
- team sports
- resistance training
- multidirectional speed training
- sports-specific conditioning
- performance enhancement
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