ReviewBiology of sport2023
Testing distance characteristics and reference values for ice-hockey straight sprint speed and acceleration. A systematic review and meta-analyses.
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- Mechanical Characteristics and Skating Performance of Trained Youth Ice Hockey Players at Different Maturation Stages.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Post-Exercise Lower Limb Muscle Tremor Among Speed Skaters.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Resisted Sprint Training Improves Overground Sprint, Jump, and Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Kinetics and Kinematics in Male Youth Ice Hockey Players: A Randomized Control Trial.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Does functional strength training program improve ice speed and agility in young elite ice hockey players? Functional strength training's impact on hockey performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Associations between skating mechanical capabilities and off-ice physical abilities of highly trained teenage ice hockey players.European journal of sport science · 2024Article
- The Relation of On-Ice and Off-Ice Performance at Two Different Performance Levels in Youth Ice-Hockey Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- The relationship between off-ice testing and on-ice performance in male youth Ice hockey players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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- Maximum strength and power as determinants of on-ice sprint performance in elite U16 to adult ice hockey players.Biology of sport · 2024Article
- Sprint skating profile of competitive male bandy players: determination of positional differences and playing level.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- The science and art of testing in ice hockey: a systematic review of twenty years of research.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
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Abstract
Ice-hockey requires high acceleration and speed sprint abilities, but it is unclear what the distance characteristic is for measuring these capabilities. Therefore, this systematic meta-analysis aims to summarize the sprint reference values for different sprint distances and suggest the appropriate use of ice-hockey straight sprint testing protocols. A total of 60 studies with a pooled sample of 2254 males and 398 females aged 11-37 years were included. However, the pooled data for women was not large enough to permit statistical analysis. The sprint distance used for measuring the reported acceleration and speed was between 4-48 m. Increased test distance was positively associated with increased speed (r = 0.70) and negatively with average acceleration (r = -0.87). Forward skating sprint speed increases with the measured distance up to 26 m and do not differ much from longer distance tests, while acceleration decreases with a drop below 3 m/s at distances 15 m and longer. The highest acceleration (5.89 m/s
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