Table 2. Characteristics of the plyometric jump training (PJT) programmes implemented in the included studies

Study	Frequency (sessions/ week)	Duration (week)	Intensity	Type	Box height (cm)	Total contacts	Comb	RBS (s)	RBR (s)	PO	TP	Repl
Aloui et al. (2020)	2	8	NR	V-jump	NA	1056	Elastic	NR	NR	V, I	NR	Yes
Chaabene et al. (2021)	2	8	Max	V-jump	NA	800	No	90	NR	V	IS	NR
Chelly et al. (2014)	2	8	Max	V-jump	40	430	No	NR	5	T, V	IS	Yes
De Villarreal et al. (2022)	2	9	NR	Mix	NA	NR	Sprint	NR	NR	NR	IS	Yes
De Villarreal et al. (2022)	3	5	NR	Mix	NA	NR	No	NR	NR	NR	OS	Yes
Ethiraj and Kamatchi (2020)	3	12	NR	Mix	NR	NR	RT	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Gaamouri et al. (2023a)	2	10	NR	Mix	25-40	1440	Elastic	30	NR	V	IS	Yes
Gaamouri et al. (2023b)	2	10	NR	Mix	25-40	1440	No	30	NR	V	IS	Yes
Gaamouri et al. (2023c)	2	8	Max	Mix	30-40	3072	Sprint	10	NR	No	IS	Yes
Hammami et al. (2019a)	2	8	Max	Mix	30-40	768	Sprint	NR	NR	V	NR	NR
Hammami et al. (2019b)	2	9	NR	Mix	25-30	630	No	90	NR	T, V	IS	NR
Hammami et al. (2020a)	2	8	Max	Mix	30-40	594	Sprint	NR	NR	V	NR	NR
Hammami et al. (2020b)	2	10	NR	Mix	25-40	720	Sprint	30	NR	V	IS	Yes
Hammami et al. (2021)	2	8	NR	Mix	30-40	3072	Sprint	180-300	10	No	IS	Yes
Hermassi et al. (2014)	2	8	Max	V-jump	40	470	No	180	5	T, V	IS	NR
Karadenizli (2016)	2	10	Moderate	Mix	40	2100	Sprint	60	NR	T, V	IS	NR
Mazurek et al. (2018)	3	5	Max	Mix	20-76	1168	No	120	NR	T, V	NR	NR
Noutsos et al. (2021)	2	6	Max	Mix	NA	2304	No	60	NR	No	IS	Yes
Pancar et al. (2020)	3	8	Low-High	Mix	NA	1502	No	60-120	NR	T, V, I	IS	NR
Spieszny and Zubik (2018)	NR	16	NR	Mix	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	IS	No

Comb, combined; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported; PO, progressive overload, in the form of intensity (I), volume (V) and type of drills (T); RBR, rest between repetitions (seconds); RBS, rest between sets (seconds); Repl, replace, indicating if athletes substituted regular training drills with plyometric training drills; TP, training period of the season, in the form of in the season (IS) and off the season (OS); V-jump, vertical jump.