Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between horizontal jump performance and sprint performance according with the sprint levels of children and adolescents. This study is a cross-sectional analysis from PROESP-Br database with 77,384 children and adolescents with an age range of 6-18 years. We use data about the horizontal jump test and 20-m sprint test (the covariables were age, height, body mass, arm-span and maturity offset). The sprint was classified using percentiles, the coefficient of determination (R-2), beta values, and p-value <0.05 were calculated (sprint as dependent and horizontal jump performance as independent) in each category. We identify a significant correlation between horizontal jump performance and sprint (R-2 cubic for boys: 0.265; R-2 cubic for girls: 0.204). For girls and boys, the greater R-2 was identified in the regular (P40-60), good (P60-80), and very good (P80-98) categories. For these three categories, each centimetre more in the horizontal jump was a reduction of between 0.005 and 0.007 s in the 20-m sprint test. The results demonstrate that children and adolescents with extreme levels of sprinting (very slow or very fast) have a sprint performance that is not related to horizontal jump performance, independent of anthropometric factors, age, and maturity offset.