| Title | Relationship Between Off-Ice Testing Variables and On-Ice Speed in Women's Collegiate Synchronized Figure Skaters: Implications for Training. | | Author(s) | Bower ME, Kraemer WJ, Potteiger JA, Volek JS, Hatfield DA, Vingren JL, Spiering BA, Fragala MS, Ho JY, Thomas GA, Earp JE, Häkkinen K, Maresh CM | | Institution | 1Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; 2Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; and 3Department of Biology of Physical Activity and Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. | | Source | J Strength Cond Res 2009 Oct 7. | | Abstract | Bower, ME, Kraemer, WJ, Potteiger, JA, Volek, JS, Hatfield, DA, Vingren, JL, Spiering, BA, Fragala, MS, Ho, JY, Thomas, GA, Earp, JE, Häkkinen, K, and Maresh, CM. Relationship between off-ice testing variables and on-ice speed in women's collegiate synchronized figure skaters: implications for traning. J Strength Cond Res 23(4):000-000, 2009-The purpose of the current investigation was to identify any existing relationships between off-ice performance measures and on-ice performance quantified by speed and acceleration. Twenty-seven women (age 19 +/- 1 year; body mass (59.5 +/- 6.8 kg; height 164.6 +/- 6.35 cm; body fat 23.2 +/- 3.9%) who were collegiate synchronized figure skaters volunteered for the investigation. To examine the relationship between off-ice performance and on-ice speed and acceleration, collegiate synchronized skaters were evaluated on various performance tests over a 1-week period. Off-ice tests completed were peak torque for hip abduction and adduction, 40-yard sprint, vertical jump height, 30-second slide board stride count, and a 1-RM (repetition maximum) squat. On-ice tests included a timed single lap sprint, 4.5-minute (duration of long program) lap count, and an approximately 16.5-m (18-yard blue line to blue line) timed acceleration. Significance was set at P </= 0.05. This study showed 3 primary findings: (a) slide board stride count was the single best predictor for both single lap on-ice speed and acceleration accounting for 53.5% (adjusted R value) of the variance in the single lap test and 42.5% (adjusted R value) of the variance in acceleration times; (b) vertical jump height test was the second best predictor for both the single lap test and on-ice acceleration accounting for 36.6% and 39.9% (adjusted R values) of the variance in times recorded, respectively; and (c) the best combined predictors for the single lap speed test were slide board stride count and 40-yard dash (R = 0.675), whereas the best combined predictors for on-ice acceleration were slide board stride count and vertical jump height test (R = 0.571). Conditioning for synchronized skaters to enhance performance of on-the-ice speed and acceleration should include slide board training implementation of plyometric and linear speed training while developing and maintaining 1-RM strength to support power capabilities. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
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