PMID- 37272123
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20230605
IS  - 1752-6116 (Electronic)
IS  - 1476-3141 (Linking)
DP  - 2023 Jun 5
TI  - Skating sprint performance and the influence of lower-body strength and power in 
      professional and junior elite ice hockey athletes.
PG  - 1-12
LID - 10.1080/14763141.2023.2218326 [doi]
AB  - Skating sprint performance is essential for competitive success in ice hockey; 
      however, it is unknown which component of a skating sprint is most critical for 
      development throughout the performance pathway. Fifty-seven Swiss male ice hockey 
      athletes were subjects (National League [NL], n = 22; Under 20 [U20], n = 20; 
      Under 17 [U17], n = 15). Athletes performed: on-ice 30 m skating sprint, 
      countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), and isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) 
      tests in a single day. Linear mixed models, effect sizes and 95% confidence 
      intervals were used to compare sprint performance and CMJ, SJ and IMTP between 
      each performance level, with a correlation matrix used to determine the influence 
      of lower-body strength and power on sprint performance. The NL and U20 athletes 
      were significantly faster and had greater performance in most CMJ, SJ and IMTP 
      variables compared to the U17 athletes, indicating minimum standards of 
      lower-body strength and power are required to optimise technical performance. 
      Significant differences were observed between NL and U20 for 10-20 m skating 
      sprint split time and CMJ concentric relative peak and mean force, and reactive 
      strength index-modified. Therefore, flying acceleration (10-20 m) is likely the 
      most critical variable for pathway progression, with relative concentric force 
      production the greatest influence.
FAU - Laakso, Lassi A
AU  - Laakso LA
AD  - National League, Hockey Club Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
AD  - School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, 
      UK.
FAU - Secomb, Josh L
AU  - Secomb JL
AD  - Applied Sports Science and Exercise Testing Laboratory, University of Newcastle, 
      Ourimbah, NSW, Australia.
AD  - Active Living Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230605
PL  - England
TA  - Sports Biomech
JT  - Sports biomechanics
JID - 101151352
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - countermovement jump
OT  - isometric mid-thigh pull
OT  - sprint skating
OT  - transfer
EDAT- 2023/06/05 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/05 06:42
CRDT- 2023/06/05 03:42
PHST- 2023/06/05 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/05 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/05 03:42 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/14763141.2023.2218326 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Sports Biomech. 2023 Jun 5:1-12. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2023.2218326.