February 1, 2025
🔎Review of the research «Influence of a hockey game on power and speed-strength abilities of professional hockey players», published with Springer Nature in Sport Sciences for Health
👥Subjects:
30 professional hockey players (1 goaltender, 8 defensemen, 21 forwards) aged 23.1 ± 4.5 years, height 184.1 ± 5.0 cm, body mass 86.2 ± 8.1 kg.
📊Key findings:
✅SJ and CMJ performance (both height and power output) is superior on the game days in comparison to the training days (p < 0.01). It can be assumed, that it caused by high psychological arousal before the upcoming competition [1, 2].
✅SJ and CMJ performance (both height and power output) is superior post-game in comparison to the pre-game values (p < 0.01).
⚖️Based on the results obtained in this study, it can be assumed that, in terms of power output and speed-strength ability expression, the positive effects of playing hockey outweigh the negative ones.
📈The main positive effects of playing an official hockey game are:
- an increase in body and muscle temperature [3, 4],
- post-activation potentiation [4],
- psychological arousal [1].
📉The negative effects include the degree of central and peripheral fatigue [5].
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References:
1.Alix-Sy D, Le Scanff C, Filaire E. Psychophysiological responses in the pre-competition period in elite soccer players
2. McKay JM, et al. Psychophysiological stress in elite golfers during practice and competition
3.Roe G, Till K, Jones B. Changes in markers of fatigue following a competitive match in elite academy rugby union players
4.McGowan CJ, et al. Warm-up strategies for sport and exercise: mechanisms and applications
5.Tornero-Aguilera JF, et al. Central and peripheral fatigue in physical exercise explained: a narrative review