The purpose of this review was to consider the association of measures of maximum strength inrelation to sports performance and performance variables, which rely on high levels of power and speed, in essence it is an expansion of the ideas and concepts presented by 39. Evidence from different types of cross-sectional research as well as observational data was considered. Collectively the data indicate that the association between maximum strength and sport performance related variables such as peak power and peak rate of force development is quite strong. While explaining performance in strength/power sports is a multi-factorial problem, there is little doubt that maximum strength is a key component.