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The sample included 38 elite youth male soccer players from two distinct age categories (U17 and U19). The testing procedure consisted of a 10 m sprint test, unilateral and bilateral broad jumps, and unilateral and bilateral triple hops. The results showed moderate correlation and fair agreement in the direction of ILA between single broad jumps and single-leg triple hops (\u03ba = 0.42; p = 0.014). The magnitude of ILAs tended to be larger in the unilateral triple hop (5.41 \u00b1 5.25%) compared to the unilateral single hop (3.54 \u00b1 2.67%). Furthermore, the older group had smaller ILA magnitudes in both jumping tests, with significant differences between age groups being observed only in single hops (p = 0.46; d = 0.78). Additionally, significant associations were found only between the ILA unilateral triple hop with bilateral single jump (r = \u22120.39) and sprint performance (r = 0.40), while ILA in the broad jump showed no significant associations with performance metrics. Based these results, the unilateral triple hop could be recommended as the preferred horizontal jump variation for screening soccer players. Furthermore, in line with the literature, mean ILA in horizontal jumps were far below the commonly used threshold of &gt;10\u201315% (mean ILA 3.5\u20136.5%), which suggests that the ILA threshold for horizontal jumps should be reconsidered.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym16020186","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,5]],"date-time":"2024-02-05T05:22:44Z","timestamp":1707110564000},"page":"186","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Agreement between Inter-Limb Asymmetries in Single and Triple Unilateral Hops, and Associations with Bilateral Jumping and Sprint Performance in U17 and U19 Soccer Players"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Jernej","family":"Ple\u0161a","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"}]},{"given":"A\u017ebe","family":"Ribi\u010d","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]},{"given":"Filip","family":"Ujakovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3555-8680","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u017diga","family":"Kozinc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0747-3735","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nejc","family":"\u0160arabon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"},{"name":"Human Health Department, InnoRenew CoE, 6310 Izola, Slovenia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1080\/00913847.2020.1720548","article-title":"Injury in elite women\u2019s soccer: A systematic review","volume":"48","author":"Alahmad","year":"2020","journal-title":"Physician Sportsmed."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1841","DOI":"10.1519\/JSC.0000000000003058","article-title":"Jumping Asymmetries Are Associated With Speed, Change of Direction Speed, and Jump Performance in Elite Academy Soccer Players","volume":"35","author":"Bishop","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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