A Comparative Study of Two-Minute versus Three-Minute Passive Recovery on Sprint Skating Performance of Ice Hockey Forwards and Defensemen

Arkadiusz Stanula, Subir Gupta, Jakub Baron, Anna Bieniec, Rajmund Tomik, Tomasz Gabrys, Petr Valach and Andrzej Szymon Swinarew
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Arkadiusz Stanula: Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, 40-065 Katowice, Poland
Subir Gupta: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill Campus, University of West Indies, Bridgetown BB11000, Barbados
Jakub Baron: Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, 40-065 Katowice, Poland
Anna Bieniec: Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, 40-065 Katowice, Poland
Rajmund Tomik: Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, 40-065 Katowice, Poland
Tomasz Gabrys: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education, University of West Bohemia, 30100 Pilsen, Czech Republic
Petr Valach: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education, University of West Bohemia, 30100 Pilsen, Czech Republic
Andrzej Szymon Swinarew: Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: The impact of two different passive recovery durations, two and three minutes, between sets of repeated sprint skating ability (RSSA) test on skating speed, speed decrement (S dec ), and heart rate (HR) response of ice hockey forwards (n = 12) and defensemen (n = 7) were determined. Six sets of 3 × 80 m sprint, with two-minute passive recovery between two consecutive sets, were performed in RSSA-2. A three-minute passive recovery period between two consecutive sets was allowed in RSSA-3. Skating speed, S dec , and HR were measured in all tests. Subjects skated faster ( p < 0.05) in most of the RSSA-3 sets than the corresponding set of RSSA-2. Defensemen were slower ( p < 0.05) than forwards in most of the cases. The S dec was higher in defensemen than in forwards, although the difference was significant occasionally. No difference in peak HR and minimum HR between forwards and defensemen was found. RSSA-3 is beneficial over RSSA-2 in both forwards and defensemen by increasing speed. Defensemen are slower and show early fatigability than forwards, and no difference in HR response was noted between forwards and defensemen. This study concludes that three-minute recovery is beneficial over two-minute recovery by increasing skating speed, although S dec and HR response neither vary significantly between RSSA-2 and RSSA-3, nor between forwards and defensemen.

Keywords: heart rate; field test; skating performance; movement pattern; performance decrement; fatigue index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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