Correlation Between Off-ice Strength And Power Variables And Skating Performance In Women´S Ice Hockey

Henriksson, Tommy; Fjellman-Wiklund, Annchristine; Gilenstam, Kajsa

doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000479351.55212.63

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“…It is difficult to compare our results with others, because there is a great variation among studies in used off-ice tests (Mascaro et al, 1992;Geithner et al, 2006;Burr et al, 2008;Ransdell & Murray, 2011;Ransdell et al, 2013;Henriksson et al, 2015). Moreover, above mentioned studies are conducted predominantly in elite women ice hockey players.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Evaluation of physical performance in elite hockey players is valuable both, practically and scientifically. It can assists as the predictor of on-ice performance (Mascaro et al, 1992;Bracko & George, 2001;Burr et al, 2007;Henriksson et al, 2015;Rice, 2015), as the determinant of selection process (Vescovi et al, 2006a;Douglas, 2015), for positional performance profiling (Geithner et al, 2006;Vescovi et al, 2006b;Ransdell et al, 2013), assessment tool for the effect of season on physical performance (Green, & Houston, 1974;Buck, 2013) or can assists in identify issues with conditioning that can be improved through training (Bracko & George, 2001). Studies dealing with off-season performance or positional differences in physical characteristics among junior elite male hockey players are limited (Greer et al, 1992;Geithner et al, 2006).…”

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This retrospective study evaluated the effect of the off-season training on the physical performance changes in elite male ice hockey players U18 (junior team under 18 years). The present study secondarily established the physical profile of these players according to their playing position. The off-ice tests: 60 m sprint (s), 6x9 m run (s), 400 m run (s), 1500 m run (s), standing long jump (cm) and 1 RM bench-press (kg) were assessed before and after of training. In addition, individual values of the monitored parameters were divided and compared according to gaming position. Off-season intervention led to significant improvements in running performance in 6x9 m (P<.001; d=0.86), 400 m (P<.001; d=0.41), and 1500 m (P=0.001; d=0.38). The forwards demonstrated significant improvements in 6x9 m (P<.001; d=1.29), 400 m (P=0.001; d=0.39), and 1500 m run (P=0.002; d=0.62) following off-season training. The defenders demonstrated significant improvement only in 400 m run (P=0.03; d=0.45) following off-season training. Pre to post-season changes (∆) in 6x9m (P=0.01; d=0.55) were found between forwards and defenders. The off-season training seems to be an effective training regimen inducing significant improvements in running performance. However, this training failed to show significant improvements in physical performance in other tests. Results of this study identify physical factors that need to be improved in the pre-season period in players.

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