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.