Objective. The aim of this paper is to analyze the links between body composition, explosive strength and isometric strength in women's football, handball and rugby. Methods. The research analyzed 44 performance women athletes from the first leagues of Romania, divided into 3 groups: football (N=14, 57.44 ± 9.12 kg, 29.01± 2.16 % muscle mass, 30.09 ± 4.60 % body fat), handball (N= 13, 70.03 ± 8.33 kg, 31.06 ± 1.35 % muscle mass, 28.82 ± 2.34 % body fat) and rugby (N= 17, 58.81 ± 5.18 kg, 31.46 ± 3.45 % muscle mass, 28.48 ± 5.62 % body fat). Results. To evaluate the explosive strength we applied the Squat Jump (football= 34.62 ± 3.66 cm, handball= 37.69 ± 4.27 cm, rugby= 34.53 ± 6.21 cm), the Countermovement Jump (football= 37.01 ± 4.29 cm, handball= 39.21 ± 4.69 cm, rugby= 35.86 ± 6.22 cm), the Free Jump (football= 42.78 ± 5.31 cm, handball= 44.14 ± 3.90 cm, rugby= 39.78 ± 7.04 cm) and the 4 repeated jumps test (football= 1.89 ± 0.38, handball= 2.03 ± 0.35, rugby= 1.91 ± 0.36). Isometric strength was assessed using the handgrip strength test (football= 60.63 ± 10.84 kg, handball= 70.43 ± 9.37 kg, rugby= 65.08 ± 4.88 kg). Conclusions. Using Anova One-Way, significant differences were highlighted only in terms of assessing the strength of the palmar flexors (r=0.181, p=0.020). The Pearson correlation showed a direct link between body composition, explosive force and isometric force, for all groups.
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