For American football
For American football, broad jump rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that build different things for American football, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Broad Jump. Horizontal power, the direction of your first steps. Also a Combine test.
Hang Power Clean. The same explosive pull, quicker to learn than the full clean.
For soccer, broad jump rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to soccer, easier to learn and fit in.
For American football, broad jump rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that build different things for American football, so a plan can use both.
Broad jump is easier: it’s easy to learn, while hang power clean needs coaching.
Broad jump needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Hang power clean needs a barbell, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Fair for injury protection in our research rubric.