Table 3.
Spearman correlation coefficients between skating performance tests (s) and anthropometric and physiological fitness tests (off-ice) for each of the corresponding assessment sessions.
| Assessment session 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | FSS | BSS | SAP | SAWP | SAnP | OSI |
| Age (yrs) | -0.103 | -0.181 | -0.246 | -0.437 | -0.362 | -0.448 |
| BH (cm) | -0.119 | -0.187 | -0.009 | -0.247 | -0.086 | -0.178 |
| BM (kg) | -0.383 | -0.028 | -0.158 | -0.501* | -0.514* | -0.411 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | -0.428 | -0.007 | -0.133 | -0.447 | -0.544* | -0.374 |
| Σ10SF (mm) | -0.060 | -0.491* | 0.337 | -0.009 | -0.157 | 0.135 |
| PBF (%) | 0.137 | 0.550* | 0.351 | 0.105 | -0.067 | 0.218 |
| Endo | 0.213 | 0.558* | 0.454 | 0.128 | -0.064 | 0.250 |
| Meso | -0.423 | -0.128 | -0.337 | -0.546 | -0.626* | -0.532* |
| Ecto | 0.253 | 0.007 | 0.179 | 0.271 | 0.377 | 0.293 |
| Pup (nbr) | 0.089 | 0.053 | -0.028 | -0.134 | -0.438 | -0.253 |
| Sup (nbr) | 0.420 | -0.021 | 0.026 | 0.24 | 0.016 | -0.002 |
| Bur (nbr) | -0.462 | -0.324 | -0.263 | -0.327 | -0.256 | -0.336 |
| MAP (ml⋅kg-1⋅min-1) | -0.336 | -0.412 | -0.237 | -0.305 | -0.332 | -0.383 |
| Assessment session 2 | ||||||
| Variables | FSS | BSS | SAP | SAWP | SAnP | OSI |
| Age (yrs) | -0.349 | -0.292 | -0.439 | -0.453 | -0.459 | -0.513* |
| BH (cm) | -0.170 | -0.172 | -0.143 | -0.148 | -0.315 | -0.292 |
| BM (kg) | -0.507* | -0.159 | -0.311 | -0.409 | -0.369 | -0.370 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | -0.433 | -0.135 | -0.220 | -0.366 | -0.240 | -0.222 |
| Σ10SF (mm) | 0.140 | 0.364 | 0.306 | 0.261 | 0.481* | 0.446 |
| PBF (%) | -0.160 | 0.362 | 0.332 | 0.285 | 0.500* | 0.470* |
| Endo | 0.346 | 0.453 | 0.418 | 0.377 | 0.569* | 0.523* |
| Meso | -0.500* | -0.272 | -0.514* | -0.546* | -0.365 | -0.400 |
| Ecto | 0.301 | 0.185 | 0.185 | 0.298 | 0.131 | 0.112 |
| Pup (nbr) | -0.053 | -0.058 | -0.166 | -0.156 | -0.092 | -0.091 |
| Sup (nbr) | -0.022 | -0.245 | -0.319 | -0.241 | -0.371 | -0.371 |
| Bur (nbr) | -0.159 | -0.579* | -0.164 | -0.253 | -0.178 | -0.154 |
| MAP (ml⋅kg-1⋅min-1) | -0.190 | -0.286 | -0.026 | -0.046 | -0.356 | -0.187 |
| Assessment session 3 | ||||||
| Variables | FSS | BSS | SAP | SAWP | SAnP | OSI |
| Age (yrs) | -0.471* | -0.225 | -0.509* | -0.575* | -0.390 | -0.524* |
| BH (cm) | -0.046 | -0.058 | 0.011 | -0.108 | -0.255 | -0.154 |
| BM (kg) | -0.401 | -0.201 | -0.346 | -0.219 | -0.396 | -0.372 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | -0.540* | -0.413 | -0.580* | -0.401 | -0.476* | -0.519* |
| Σ10SF (mm) | -0.013 | 0.112 | 0.069 | 0.226 | 0.265 | 0.209 |
| PBF (%) | 0.019 | 0.126 | 0.127 | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.258 |
| Endo | -0.011 | 0.093 | 0.088 | 0.248 | 0.224 | 0.203 |
| Meso | -0.490* | -0.307 | -0.446 | -0.273 | -0.335 | -0.383 |
| Ecto | 0.534* | 0.432 | 0.578* | 0.377 | 0.428 | 0.474* |
| Pup (nbr) | -0.039 | 0.118 | -0.185 | -0.086 | -0.015 | -0.055 |
| Sup (nbr) | -0.073 | -0.062 | -0.144 | -0.184 | -0.184 | -0.228 |
| Bur (nbr) | -0.382 | -0.154 | -0.431 | -0.302 | -0.222 | -0.321 |
| MAP (ml⋅kg-1⋅min-1) | -0.152 | -0.284 | -0.154 | -0.197 | -0.263 | -0.231 |
BH = Body height; BM = Body mass; BMI = Body mass index; Σ10SF = Sum of 10 skinfolds; PBF = Percentage of body fat; Endo = Endomorphy; Meso = Mesomorphy; Endo = Endomorphy; Pup = Push-up; Sup = Sit-up; Bur = Burpee; MAP = Maximal aerobic power; FSS = Forward skating speed; BSS = Backward skating speed; SAP = Skating agility with puck; SAWP = Skating agility without puck; SanP = Skating anaerobic power; OSI = Overall skating index: Bold = significant at p ≤ 0.05.