Transfer.: How directly it builds the strength, speed and positions your sport needs.
Injury protection.: How well it guards against the injuries that are common in your sport.
Practicality.: How easy it is to learn and to fit around your sport practice.

The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work

When each one fits

Good reasons to choose broad jump

You have no equipment
You want the most direct carry-over to soccer

Good reasons to choose lateral lunge

Staying injury-free is the priority
One side is weaker than the other

Broad Jump

Lateral Lunge

You need

Nothing but the floor

Dumbbells

Skill

Easy to learn

Type

Compound

One side at a time

Yes

Why they rank where they do

Broad Jump. Horizontal power, the same direction as acceleration.

Lateral Lunge. Strength in a wide side step that loads the adductors, the muscles most groin injuries involve.

Questions

Which is better for soccer, broad jump or lateral lunge?

For soccer, lateral lunge rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection. Broad jump carries over more directly to soccer. Both are good choices that build different things for soccer, so a plan can use both.

Is broad jump or lateral lunge easier to learn?

About the same: both are easy to learn.

Can you do broad jump or lateral lunge at home?

Broad jump needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Lateral lunge needs dumbbells, so a home gym covers it.

Which does more to prevent soccer injuries, broad jump or lateral lunge?

Lateral lunge: it rates Strong for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for broad jump.

More comparisons

Broad Jump Lateral Lunge Best for soccer

Broad Jump vs Lateral Lunge

For soccer, lateral lunge rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection.

Broad jump carries over more directly to soccer.

Both are good choices that build different things for soccer, so a plan can use both.

What these mean

Transfer.: How directly it builds the strength, speed and positions your sport needs.
Injury protection.: How well it guards against the injuries that are common in your sport.
Practicality.: How easy it is to learn and to fit around your sport practice.