For soccer
For soccer, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection.
Jump squat is easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that build different things for soccer, 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
Trap Bar Deadlift. A strength base with a lower learning curve than the barbell deadlift.
For basketball, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection. Jump squat is easier to learn and fit in.
For American football, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to American football, more injury protection. Jump squat is easier to learn and fit in.
For soccer, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection. Jump squat is easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that build different things for soccer, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Jump squat needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Trap bar deadlift needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
Trap bar deadlift: it rates Strong for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for jump squat.