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Reaching higher, landing harder: classifying individualized jump intensity zones and ground impact forces in professional male and female volleyball matches

André Rebelo
1, 2
,
Irineu Loturco
3, 4, 5, 6
,
Aaron T. Scanlan
7, 8

  1. CIDEFES, Research Center in Sport, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
  2. COD, Center of Sports Optimization, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
  3. NAR—Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil
  4. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  5. FSI - Football Science Institute, 18016, Granada, Spain
  6. UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain
  7. School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
  8. S.P.O.R.T. Research Cluster, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
Biol Sport. 2026;43:647–657
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.156230
Online publish date: 2025/11/24
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