Hockey Team Research Articles

Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT): Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics from a cluster randomized controlled trial in men with overweight or obesity

BackgroundPrevious research highlights the need for effective lifestyle interventions for men. Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) was developed as a pragmatic healthy lifestyle program tailored to men with overweight or obesity. This paper overviews the rationale, program details, and design of a recently completed cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Hockey FIT. Participant engagement and baseline characteristics are also described. MethodsThe RCT evaluated the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and implementation of Hockey FIT. Forty-two sites in Canada and the United States were randomized to either the Hockey FIT intervention group or wait-list control group. Participants were men, aged 35–65 years, with a body mass index (BMI) ≥27 kg/m2. Hockey FIT is a group-based, off-ice, in-person healthy lifestyle program, including both a 3-month active phase and a 9-month minimally-supported phase. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, 3, and 12 months. The primary outcome was weight loss at 12 months. ResultsThe design of the cluster RCT incorporates evaluations of participant health outcomes, program implementation, and broader healthcare system impact. In the RCT, 1397 participants were assessed for eligibility and 997 were enrolled. Most participants heard about the program through social media or hockey team emails. Participants averaged 49 years of age, had BMI values of 35.3 kg/m2, were predominately white, and had varying levels of education. ConclusionThe intended audience for Hockey FIT was recruited successfully, however, targeted recruitment to better engage diverse populations is warranted. This paper affords a useful outline for evaluating future lifestyle interventions tailored to men.This trial was registered on August 17, 2018 with ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT03636282).

Physical preparation of the Australian national male field hockey team exceeded the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tournament

ABSTRACT This investigation explored differences in the pre-tournament preparation period relative to the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for the Australian male field-hockey team. Movement data was collected over 7 months prior to and during the 13-day Olympic tournament. Duration, distance (total; >80% individual peak velocity; >5 m.s−1), high-speed decelerations (>3.5 m.s−2), and total accelerations and decelerations (>2.5 m.s−2) were measured during each running-based session. A 13-day moving sum was calculated for each variable and compared to a player-specific “worst-case scenario” (WCS) for intra-tournament total movement demands. Summed 13-day movement demands exceeded the WCS for 6–58% of the preparation period across variables, for the entire squad. During the tournament, midfielders covered significantly greater sprint distance than Defenders (+84%,p = 0.020), with no other positional differences found. Greater variation in tournament movement demands was observed between players for accelerations, decelerations, and high-speed distance (CV = 19–46%) compared to duration and distance (CV = 4–9%). In conclusion, physical preparation exposed athletes to movement demands which surpassed WCS. Additionally, gross measures of training volume (duration and distance) are more generalisable to a squad; however, additional metrics such as sprint distance and high-speed decelerations are needed to better define positional and individual movement demands, and therefore, should be monitored by practitioners.

Recovery and sleep monitoring in professional ice hockey. Experiences of the German national ice hockey team (mens U20)

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Методика определения эффективности тренировочного процесса хоккеистов с особенностями антропометрических данных

Importance. Methods of analyzing the effectiveness of the training process in game sports always impose certain requirements to the studied components: the quality of tasks performed by athletes, quantitative indicators of correctly accepted in accordance with the coach’s instructions solutions to situational problems in game episodes. A great importance is also the efficiency of the received information, the speed of statistical processing for making operational and strategic coaching decisions. In this regard, the most common information document designed for analytical activities to determine the effectiveness of training or game process in amateur hockey teams is a statistical list, where statisticians mark with icons game interactions of athletes, the degree of their success, the choice of playing position and technical parameters of receiving and passing the puck, won and lost combat sports, strength building, maintaining dynamic balance, etc. At the end of the procedure the results for each hockey player and five players are calculated in order to determine the effectiveness of game interaction, as well as to develop further strategic line of the training process. The inconvenience of this methods is the definition of evaluation tasks (in particular, we are talking about the intensified saturation component within the research topic) for each training process that has a certain target orientation, as well as the low speed of statistical processing of the obtained data. The purpose of the research: to analyze the game interaction of athletes of the hockey team “Derzhava” based on the use of instrumental methods to assess the game actions of representatives of groups of athletes differentiated by anthropometric indicators. Research Methods. Analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the research problem, systematization, pedagogical observation, instrumental diagnostic method “Physical Education Teacher Assessment Instrument”, methods of mathematical statistics, generalization. Results and Discussion. The results of game adaptation of hockey players, referred to different groups of athletes with special anthropometric data at the end of the preparatory period on the basis of individual indicators of game interaction in control games are analyzed. Conclusion. Research results can be used as information for game sports trainers when evaluating competitive game activity in selected sports.

Predicting the unpredictable: analysing the entropy and spatial distribution of ball movement patterns in field hockey.

Analysing the ball movement patterns of team invasion sports provides practical insight into successful strategies by identifying how and where to move the ball to create goal scoring opportunities. The aim of this study was to analyse the entropy and spatial distribution of ball movement patterns in international field hockey teams. A notational analysis system was developed in SportsCode to analyse 131 matches (n = 57 men, n = 74 women) from the 2019 Pro League tournament. The start and end location of each ball movement and the outcome of each play was recorded. Calculated variables included game possession (%), entropy, possession per zone (%) and progression rates. Decision trees identified that higher circle possession and direct movements to goal from deep attack, and lower build attack and build defence entropy, were the strategies most likely to lead to goal shots. However, teams should be unpredictable when the opposition are organised to maintain possession and unbalance the defence. Match context only had small effects on ball movement strategies highlighting there is more than one way to be successful. Executing strategies that exploit these factors should lead to greater attacking opportunities and success. Analysing the dynamic, complexity of international hockey allows coaches to prepare specific strategies for individual teams.

GENERAL PARAMETERS OF THETRAINING WORK OF HIGHLYQUALIFIED FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERSIN THE COMPETITIVE PERIOD OF THEMACRO CYCLE

Relevance of the research topic. The main components of the training process of athletes of team game sports are the means of training work and loads of various orientations. Their optimal combination determines the effectiveness of building the training process of athletes at the appropriate stage (period) of the macrocycle. The purpose of the study is to determine the magnitude and direction of training effects on the preparedness of highly qualified field hockey players in the competitive period of the macrocycle. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literary sources; pedagogical observation; timing of training work; methods of mathematical statistics. Research organization. Highly qualified athletes (n=24), players of the Ukrainian national field hockey team, participated in the study. The study was conducted in the competitive period of the second cycle of the annual training of the 2021 season. Research results and conclusions. The general parameters of the training work of highly qualified field hockey players in the competitive period of the macro cycle have been determined. It was established that the total amount of motor training work in this period is 140 hours. The ratio of exercises: generalpreparatory – 49.5%, special-preparatory – 12.5%, training – 15.8%, competitive – 22.2%. The influence of training loads: aerobic – 57.9%, aerobic-anaerobic – 36.5%, anaerobic-lactate – 2.9%, anaerobic-glycolytic – 2.7%. During the competition period, 99 training sessions, 5 control sessions and 20 calendar games are held.

Quantifying training load and intensity in elite male ice hockey according to game-related contextual variables.

We aimed to quantify training load (TL) and intensity during practice sessions according to game-related contextual variables (game outcome, opponent standard, game location) in an elite male ice hockey team. Practice data were collected using a wearable 200-Hz accelerometer, heart rate (HR) recording, and session-rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE) throughout 23 sessions (n = 306 files). The reference team performed a greater number of accelerations, decelerations, spent longer time > 85% maximum HR (t85%HRmax) and reported greater s-RPE after losing a game compared to a win (r = 0.13-0.19). Moreover, a lower number of accelerations, decelerations, t85%HRmax and s-RPE (r = 0.15-0.45) were found before playing against a top-ranked opponent. In contrast, more accelerations, decelerations, longer t85%HRmax and greater s-RPE were observed after playing against a top-ranked team opponent (r = 0.15-0.41). The players performed more accelerations/min, spent more t85%HRmax and reported greater s-RPE before playing an away game (r = 0.13-0.22). Weekly TL seems to slightly increase after losing a game, when preparing a game against a weaker opponent, after playing against a stronger opponent, and when preparing an away game. On the other hand, training intensity seems not to be affected by game-related contextual variables. Thus, ice hockey practitioners involved with TL monitoring should consider the interplay of the numerous variables that influence the volume of prescribed training and the actual training responses in each individual player.

The Olympics, nationalism, and multiculturalism: News coverage of naturalized players in the Korean men’s national ice hockey team

The naturalization of athletes for the purpose of participating in the Olympics is a noticeable feature of today's superdiverse sporting contexts. Focusing on the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, in this paper, I explore how North American-born male ice hockey players who have become naturalized into South Korea are reproduced in media coverage of Canada and South Korea. Applying insights from critical discourse studies, transnationalism, and critical multiculturalism, I specifically examine how each country re/forms its own imagined community through these transnational sporting migrants and the ways that concepts of immigration, citizenship, whiteness, masculinity, and multiculturalism are linked, fused, and/or conflicted within it. Analysis suggests that in both countries, the hockey migrants have been illuminated as new national symbols enhancing the multicultural national brand of each country, whether as immigrants or emigrants, solidifying in the process the hegemonic position of whiteness as a global phenomenon beyond the West.

Influenza A Outbreaks in Two Professional Ice Hockey Teams during COVID-19 Epidemic.

Influenza A outbreaks occurred in two professional hockey teams just after two games they played against each other. Thirteen players and two staff members fell ill during 17-20 April 2022, while COVID-19 was prevalent. Altogether, seven players missed an important game due to influenza. The rapid diagnosis permitted effective pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical control of the outbreaks.

Economies of Mourning, Canadian Nationalism, and the Broncos: An Affective Reading of TSN’s 29 Forever

On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was traveling to a playoff game on a rural highway when their bus collided with a semitrailer truck, killing 16 people. The crash led to an unparalleled, nation-wide outpouring of mourning. The legacy of the crash has been sustained by media outlets such as The Sports Network, who released a documentary on the crash, 29 Forever. Through an affective reading of 29 Forever, this paper explores the processes by which the Humboldt bus crash came to be known and felt as a national tragedy, how the crash fits within larger practices of Canadian nation-making, and the role that hockey, emotion, and feelings play in these processes.

Sleep in German female youth national ice hockey athletes

Abstract Background Adequate sleep is of great importance in recovering from and preparing for training and competition. Objective This study aimed to investigate subjective sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of the German women’s junior national ice hockey team before and after a training camp immediately preceding the World Championship Division IA tournament. Materials and methods Twenty athletes (16.40 ± 0.68 years) completed German paper–pencil versions of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) before the training camp (T1, day 1) and on the final day of the training camp (T2, day 7). Results Paired t-tests indicated a significant decrease in PSQI global scores from pre- to post-training camp assessments (t = 2.33, p = 0.031, df = 19), with a medium effect size (d = 0.52). Regarding ESS global scores, results of the paired t-test indicated no significant pre- to post-training camp differences (t = 0.67, p = 0.510, df = 19) and the effect size was trivial (d = 0.15). Mean scores were reduced for both PSQI (T1 = 5.90 ± 2.36, T2 = 4.65 ± 2.18) and ESS (T1 = 9.00 ± 3.58, T2 = 8.60 ± 4.04) after the training camp. When analyzed according to the position of the players, no statistically significant intergroup differences were found. Conclusion This study underlines the need for monitoring and screening youth athletes’ sleep before special sports events in order to identify a potential need for intervention as early as possible, to prevent serious consequences for athletes’ performance capability and well-being.

Branded Media Representations of Coach Sarah Murray: The Intersection of Olympic Nationalism, Gender, and Whiteness in ice Hockey

This study offers a critical discourse analysis of media representations of coach Sarah Murray, the first foreign, the first female, and the youngest head coach of the South Korean women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. We focus on the South Korean media, which framed and manipulated coach Murray's credibility, especially the caliber of her coaching, while constructing a familial tie and restating the global hierarchy between North America and South Korea in the sport of ice hockey. We suggest how the media (re)produced denotative/connotative meanings of the recruitment of Coach Murray and her leadership through determinant moments by engaging a discussion of the discourse that both constructed coach Murray as subordinate to male figures and affirmed whiteness as the center of the global context.

Game Demands of a Professional Ice Hockey Team with Special Emphasis on Fatigue Development and Playing Position.

The aim of this study was to describe the game activity profile of a professional ice hockey team with special emphasis on fatigue development and playing position. Data were collected using a wearable 200-Hz accelerometric system and heart rate (HR) throughout eight official games in a professional ice hockey team (6 defensemen and 11 forwards; n = 122 files). On-ice 10- and 30-m sprint performance, repeated sprint ability and HR responses to the submaximal Yo-Yo Intermittent recovery level 1 test were assessed to determine associations with game performance. Although the 3rd period was largely longer than the 1st and 2nd periods (r = 0.56-0.59), no differences were observed between periods in activity pattern, except a moderate decline in the number of decelerations <-2 m·s-2 per min (Dec2/min) in the 2nd period for forwards (r = 0.06-0.60). Mean HR, time spent >85% HRmax (t85HR), as well as the total number of intense accelerations and decelerations were higher for defensemen. However, demands were similar when expressed relative to time on-ice, except that defenders performed more Dec2/min than forwards in all periods, whereas forwards spent more t85HR during the 2nd period (r = 0.46-0.57). Time spent on ice was inversely correlated with the total number of accelerations (Acctot), accelerations >2 m·s-2 per min (Acc2/min), total decelerations per min (Dectot/min), Dec2/min and t85HR (r = -0.63 to -0.18) and positively correlated with mean HR and peak HR (r = 0.20- 0.53). No significant correlations were found between physical fitness and game activity variables scaled by individual time on ice. Absolute acceleration and HR demands of professional ice hockey seem to differ between playing positions, but not in relation to time on ice. Further, no clear signs of fatigue were captured, possibly due to the longer duration of rest intervals in the 3rd period.

Skill Level of Playing Indonesian Men's National Outdoor Hockey Team

The purpose of this study was to find out how big the playing skills of the Indonesian men's National Outdoor Hockey Team are. The population in this study was the athletes of the Indonesian men's outdoor hockey national team, totaling 16 people. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling, which means a sampling technique by determining certain criteria. The instrument in this study used Games Performance Assessment Instrument Components (GPAI). The research method used is descriptive quantitative with a survey approach. The data collection techniques in this study were directly and analyzed using the percentage formula and the GPAI calculation formula with the requirements for calculating data analysis using the average value calculation. very good category with 0 matches or 0%, good category 5 matches or 100%, enough category 0 matches or 0% and 0 matches or 0% for less category. Based on this, it can be concluded that the skill level of playing the Indonesian men's outdoor hockey national team is in the good category, but still needs to improve the effectiveness of the game and other aspects in order to be able to excel at the international level.

Opportunities Denied: The Divergent Resonance of Opportunity for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Hockey Players With the Now-Disbanded Beardy’s Blackhawks

For 25 years, the Beardy’s Blackhawks were Canada’s only U18 AAA hockey team located on and operated by a First Nation. The team encouraged young, Indigenous athletes to take pride in their cultural heritage and offered a sense of belonging and acceptance while also providing an opportunity for non-Indigenous players to play in such an environment. In 2019, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association made the decision to eliminate the Blackhawks from the league, describing their removal as a need to address “league concerns” related to billeting and younger player development. The purpose of this article is to analyze differences in how opportunity is understood and experienced by final-roster players (2019/2020 hockey season) and past alumni and, particularly, how it diverged across racial and cultural axes. What is found through semistructured interviews is that the concept of opportunity shifts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous players: Whereas Indigenous players tend to view opportunity in relation to cultural pride, non-Indigenous players view opportunity primarily in relation to future hockey opportunities. We argue that specific elite sporting opportunities that are characterized by Indigenous values are needed for a greater and more diverse range of Indigenous athletes to succeed in elite sport.

MRV hosts the queen: family history, memory and hockey’s proud heritage

ABSTRACT Mary Russell Vick OBE (1922–2012) first came to fame as a prolific goalscorer for the England women's hockey team after selection in 1947, and later an indomitable sports leader. Methodologically, this article incorporates oral history sources from her daughters Christabel, Susan and Rosemary, combined with written sources left by Mary Russell Vick (MRV) at Bath University and at The Hockey Museum (THM) Woking. These mixed sources provide family insights into her life as a well-travelled pioneer administrator and family-oriented careerist. After World War Two MRV was a significant figure in the evolution of women's hockey, not least due to her initiation of annual internationals at Wembley, which ran from 1951 until 1991. One of Russell Vick's proudest moments was hosting the Queen at the 1981 Wembley international. As President of the AEWHA for ten years MRV guided women's hockey during a period of rapidly evolving change away from its amateur roots. At the same time, she served on the inaugural Olympic Hockey Board, having persuaded the home countries to form the Great Britain and Ireland Committee in 1977 to send teams to future Olympic Games. This article will show how Mary's life, career, and leadership in hockey were groundbreaking.

Environmental management activities of NHL teams

Over the past two decades, the sports sector has paid increasing and growing attention to understanding sustainability, including the environment, and in particular what can be done in practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the environmental CSR measures adopted by professional hockey teams in North America. To answer my research question, I used a comparative analysis based on secondary data sources. For all 32 teams, I examined the available reports and their information on CSR activities, the information published on the teams' websites, and the research results related to the teams. I have selected 3 teams (Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, Seattle Kraken) that are at the forefront of the issue under study, using an evaluation system based on international literature, and case studies to showcase good practices that can serve as examples for the sports sector. JEL Code: Q56

Pembinaan Prestasi Olahraga Hockey Pada Tim Putri Daerah Kabupaten Kebumen Tahun

The background of the problem in this research is that the Regional Hockey Women's Team of Kebumen Regency is one of the toughest teams in Central Java. This is evidenced by the many achievements achieved. The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of hockey achievement development in the women's team of the Kebumen Regency. The research method uses a qualitative descriptive approach. Methods of data collection using observation, interviews and documentation. Research subjects are athletes, coaches, administrators. The results showed that (1) at the coaching stage in the Kebumen women's hockey team, (2) human resources ranging from athletes, coaches, administrators were quite good, (3) the training program made was in accordance with the objectives of achievement development and arranged periodically, (4) the organization is well structured but needs to be further improved in implementation (5) the facilities and infrastructure are quite complete but for the field it is not standard (6) and funding is obtained from Kebumen KONI grants and athlete fees