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ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2024

Skating into the Unknown: Scoping the Physical, Technical, and Tactical Demands of Competitive Skateboarding.

Shelley N Diewald, Jono Neville, John B Cronin, David Read, Matt R Cross

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shelley N DiewaldSports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium, Auckland University of Technology, 17 Antares Place, Rosedale, Auckland, 0630, New Zealand. Shelley.diewald@aut.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0003-0348-017X
Jono NevilleSports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium, Auckland University of Technology, 17 Antares Place, Rosedale, Auckland, 0630, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8826-6839
John B CroninSports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium, Auckland University of Technology, 17 Antares Place, Rosedale, Auckland, 0630, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-8889-0911
David ReadSkateboarding New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand.
Matt R CrossSports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium, Auckland University of Technology, 17 Antares Place, Rosedale, Auckland, 0630, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-1579-3720

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympics suggests that athletes and coaches are seeking ways to enhance their chances of succeeding on the world stage. Understanding what constitutes performance, and what physical, neuromuscular, and biomechanical capacities underlie it, is likely critical to success.

objectiveThe aim was to overview the current literature and identify knowledge gaps related to competitive skateboarding performance and associated physical, technical, and tactical demands of Olympic skateboarding disciplines.

methodsA systematic scoping review was performed considering the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. Data sources were MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and PubMed. We included all peer-reviewed literature after 1970 describing the physiological, neuromuscular, biomechanical, and/or tactical aspects of skateboarding.

resultsNineteen original articles explored the physiological (n = 9), biomechanical (n = 8), and technical (n = 10) demands of skateboarding. No research explored the tactical demands of competition. Moreover, although competitive males (n = 2 studies) and females (n = 1 study) were recruited as participants, no research directly related skateboarding demands to performance success in competitive environments.

conclusionsUltimately, what constitutes and distinguishes competitive skateboarding is unexplored. There is some evidence indicating aspects of the sport require flexibility and elevated and fast force output of the lower limbs, which may be valuable when attempting to maximise ollie height. Nonetheless, a lack of ecological validity, such as using static ollie tests as opposed to rolling, restricted our ability to provide practical recommendations, and inconsistency of terminology complicated delineating discipline-specific outcomes. Future researchers should first look to objectively identify what skaters do in competition before assessing what qualities enable their performance.

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Athletic PerformanceCompetitive BehaviorSkatingBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansMuscle Strength

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PMID38743173
PMCPMC11239769

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