Influence of ethnicity on vertical jump performances in male physical education students: a pilot study

摘要

BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to: 1) test the possibility of ethnic differences in squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ) and countermovement jump with antis swing (CMJA); 2) test the possibility of ethnic differences in the effects of countermovement and antis swing; 3) verify whether the relationships between the different vertical jumps (VJ) (SJ, CMJ, CMJA) and maximal power (Pmax), determined from a force-velocity test (F-V), were dependent on the ethnicity as previously found for CMJA.