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Forty physically active university students (20 males and 20 females) performed both jump tests while vertical ground reaction force was recorded simultaneously by both systems. A total of 28 force-time variables were analyzed (9 from SJ and 19 from CMJ). For SJ, all parameters demonstrated excellent agreement (ICC = 0.986\u20130.997; CCC = 0.986\u20130.997) with small biases ranging from \u22124.0% to 3.6%. For CMJ, the parameters also showed good to excellent agreement (ICC = 0.846\u20130.999; CCC = 0.845\u20130.999) and minimal biases (\u22123.1% to 3.3%). 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