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In each session, six drop jumps from a 40 cm box were performed while jump height, contact time and DRI were simultaneously recorded using a force platform and the app. Very large to nearly perfect correlations were observed between devices for all variables (r &gt; 0.98). Agreement between methods was excellent, as indicated by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC &gt; 0.97) and the concordance correlation coefficient (CCC &gt; 0.93). Bland\u2013Altman analysis revealed small systematic differences and narrow limits of agreement. The root mean square error (RMSE) was low, indicating minimal prediction error. Test\u2013retest reliability between sessions was good for both devices (ICC = 0.825\u20130.925), and within-session reliability across attempts was high (ICC = 0.705\u20130.870). 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