For soccer
For soccer, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to soccer, more injury protection.
Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Lateral Bound. Lateral power for cutting and changing direction.
For basketball, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to basketball, more injury protection.
For American football, lateral bound rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection.
For skiing & snowboarding, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to skiing & snowboarding, more injury protection.
For soccer, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to soccer, more injury protection. Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Jump squat needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Lateral bound needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere.
Lateral bound: it rates Good for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for jump squat.