For soccer
For soccer, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to soccer, easier to learn and fit in.
Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries.
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
Lateral Bound. Lateral power for cutting and changing direction.
Trap Bar Deadlift. A strength base with a lower learning curve than the barbell deadlift.
For basketball, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to basketball, easier to learn and fit in. Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries.
For American football, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more carry-over to American football. Lateral bound is easier to learn and fit in.
For soccer, lateral bound rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to soccer, easier to learn and fit in. Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries. Both are good choices that build different things for soccer, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Lateral bound 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 Good for lateral bound.