Maximum acceleration performance of professional soccer players in linear sprints: Is there a direct connection with change-of-direction ability?

• Irineu Loturco ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: irineu.loturco@terra.com.br

  Affiliations NAR–Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, SP, Brazil, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1309-2568

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• Lucas A. Pereira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation NAR–Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Tomás T. Freitas,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Center for High Performance Sport—Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-3189

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• Pedro E. Alcaraz,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Research Center for High Performance Sport—Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Faculty of Sport Sciences—Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-6656

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• Vinicius Zanetti,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Red Bull Brazil Football, Jarinu, SP, Brazil

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• Chris Bishop,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology, London Sports Institute, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

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• Ian Jeffreys

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

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