Table 2.
Physical, physiological and skating characteristics of Bantam elite hockey players.
| p-values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | |||
| a | b | c | ||||
| Physiological characteristics (N = 18) | ||||||
| Cadence push-ups (nb) | 27.5 ± 8.3 | 35.8 ± 9.5 | 39.4 ± 9.5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.005 |
| Cadence sit-ups (nb) | 36.7 ± 11.5 | 40.6 ± 9.0 | 48.2 ± 12.9 | 0.225 | 0.008 | 0.012 |
| Cadence burpees (nb) | 40.4 ± 22.7 | 62.2 ± 27.7 | 81.4 ± 26.0 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.050 |
| MAP (ml⋅kg-1min-1) | 52.7 ± 2.4 | 52.1 ± 3.5 | 53.6 ± 3.0 | 0.637 | 0.018 | 0.003 |
| MAP (l⋅min-1) | 2.66 ± 0.36 | 2.83 ± 0.35 | 3.14 ± 0.33 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Skating characteristics (N = 18) | ||||||
| Forward skating (s) | 5.25 ± 0.41 | 5.12 ± 0.45 | 5.21 ± 0.38 | 0.000 | 0.346 | 0.090 |
| Backward skating (s) | 6.67 ± 0.48 | 6.42 ± 0.54 | 6.52 ± 0.62 | 0.018 | 0.157 | 0.012 |
| Agility with a puck (s) | 28.27 ± 2.81 | 27.07 ± 2.88 | 27.09 ± 3.12 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.617 |
| Agility without a puck (s) | 27.20 ± 2.45 | 25.90 ± 2.54 | 25.95 ± 2.69 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.617 |
| Anaerobic skating (s) | 57.29 ± 4.85 | 54.22 ± 4.93 | 54.08 ± 5.11 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.467 |
| On-ice 5 tests average (s) | 24.94 ± 2.12 | 23.75 ± 2.23 | 23.75 ± 2.34 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.808 |
Means and standard deviation (means ± SD); p-values: a) testing session 1 vs testing session 2; b) testing session 1 vs testing session 3; c) testing session 2 vs testing session 3. Significant difference set at p≤0.05.