Abstract
In today’s ice hockey environment, ice time is limited and expensive for coaches to evaluate the skill of their players. Ice hockey is typically characterized by intermittent speed and agility actions. The ability to match off-ice tests to predictors of performance is challenging where the physical testing and game play are completed on different surfaces. A common method of physiological assessment used off the ice is the multi-shuttle run test. Despite this, the influence of age, anthropometrics and player position in an off-ice multi-shuttle run test remains unclear.
Objective: The current study examined the influence of age, anthropometrics and player position (forward, defence) in a repeated multi-shuttle run test that was performed off the ice.
Methods: This preliminary study included twelve male ice hockey players (23.2 ± 5.4 years; height, 182 ± 6.1 cm; weight, 86.7 ± 6.7 kg) to determine whether player age, anthropometrics and player position would influence sprint performance time in a multi-shuttle run test when performed off ice. Players performed a modified 10 x 5 m repeated shuttle runs for a total of 50 meters as quickly as possible on two separate occasions with a 30 second recovery permitted between runs. Findings: Mean finishing times for defensive (26.2 ± 2.5) and forward players differed (25.39 ± 1.0) with age (r = 0.1, ppredictors of off-ice shuttle run performance.
Discussion: This study demonstrated that a multi-shuttle run test may be a viable way to evaluate a player’s ability in the area of speed based on their on-ice position, age and skinfold measurements. The results of this study may help inform off-ice training interventions for ice hockey players.
Objective: The current study examined the influence of age, anthropometrics and player position (forward, defence) in a repeated multi-shuttle run test that was performed off the ice.
Methods: This preliminary study included twelve male ice hockey players (23.2 ± 5.4 years; height, 182 ± 6.1 cm; weight, 86.7 ± 6.7 kg) to determine whether player age, anthropometrics and player position would influence sprint performance time in a multi-shuttle run test when performed off ice. Players performed a modified 10 x 5 m repeated shuttle runs for a total of 50 meters as quickly as possible on two separate occasions with a 30 second recovery permitted between runs. Findings: Mean finishing times for defensive (26.2 ± 2.5) and forward players differed (25.39 ± 1.0) with age (r = 0.1, ppredictors of off-ice shuttle run performance.
Discussion: This study demonstrated that a multi-shuttle run test may be a viable way to evaluate a player’s ability in the area of speed based on their on-ice position, age and skinfold measurements. The results of this study may help inform off-ice training interventions for ice hockey players.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2022 ASIA-SINGAPORE CONFERENCE ON SPORT SCIENCE - Practical challenges encountered in sport and solutions adopted in Sport Science |
| Editors | Mike Climstein |
| Publisher | East Asia Research |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | : 978-981-18-4564-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Mar 2023 |