CMJ as predictor of skate performance

Could a hockey coach use jump tests before a game or practice to see how ready a player is to perform at their peak? This could be a useful tool to prevent over-training and to maximize training benefit by knowing when the athlete is ready to work hard.

- 9 Junior B Hockey players were tested
- Counter-movement jumps performed in shoe's before practice
- 25m sprints on ice after warm up
- A-Pod used as measurement tool for both tests
- Is there any correlation between jump performance and skate speed?

Most correlated: Time to Peak Power (r squared = 0.723)
- TPP is the time (in sec) it takes the athlete to go from the bottom of their preload until they reach peak power. Put another way, it is what time into their concentric contraction do they achieve peak power.
Athletes who achieved their peak power later in the concentric phase of their jump tended to have slower skating speeds.