The impact of dry-land sprint start training on the short track speed skating start

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Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

PubMed ID

28486330

Publisher

NLM (Medline)

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

31350

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Haug, W. B., Drinkwater, E. J., Cicero, N. J., Barthell, J. A., & Chapman, D. W. (2019). The impact of dry-land sprint start training on the short track speed skating start. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33(2), 544-548. Available here

Abstract

Haug, WB, Drinkwater, EJ, Cicero, NJ, Barthell, JA, and Chapman, DW. The impact of dry-land sprint start training on the short track speed skating start. J Strength Cond Res 33(2): 544-548, 2019-This investigation sought to determine the effects of dry-land sprint start training on short track speed skating (STSS) start performance. Nine highly trained short track athletes completed a control period of normal STSS training followed by a 4-week training intervention. Before and after the control and intervention periods, athletes performed 3 electronically timed dry-land and on-ice 14.43 m maximal sprint start efforts. The intervention consisted of 2 sprint sessions per week consisting of 9 electronically timed 14.43 m dry-land sprint starts in addition to normal STSS training. The control period resulted in no substantial change in on-ice start performance (mean Δ: -0.01 seconds, 95% confidence limit [CL]: -0.08 to 0.05 seconds; effect size [ES]: -0.05; trivial); however, a small change was observed in dry-land start performance (mean Δ: -0.07 seconds, 95% CL: -0.13 to -0.02 seconds; ES: -0.49). After brief specific dry-land sprint start training, a small improvement was observed in both on-ice (Mean Δ: -0.07 seconds, 95% CL: -0.13 to -0.01 seconds; ES: -0.33) and dry-land (Mean Δ: -0.04 seconds, 95% CL: -0.09 to 0.00 seconds; ES: -0.29) start performance. This investigation suggests that STSS start performance can be improved through a brief dry-land sprint start training program.

DOI

10.1519/JSC.0000000000001892

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