Push-Off Time and Skate Speed
Oops, in yesterday's post I over-looked the strongest correlation between skating speed and jumping, it was push-off time. Push-off time is the concentric force generation phase of the jump, it begins when the athlete is at their bottom most preload and ends once the athlete's foot has left the ground.The Pearson Product for push-off time and skate speed was 0.857.
Players who had a faster push-off for their jump also had faster skating speeds. Does this mean that max skate speed depends a lot on an athlete's ability to move fast? Force generation or peak power were not correlated with skate speed, should hockey players do more training focusing on speed of movement?
posted by Matt Patterson at 4:32 PM
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I think because skating is a concentric activity, to develop maximal speed I'd train starting strength by taking away the eccentric portion of exercises like squats for example, and have the athlete generate maximum force from the bottom position, thinking about moving the weight as quickly as possible (high rate of force development). Or do exercises like squat jumps from the squat position, or box squats, things of that nature. Med ball back tosses from the bottom position are also a favourite.
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