| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship
of flexibility, strength and anthropometric measurements
of the lower limbs to the skating speed of hockey players.
Seventeen university varsity hockey players were assessed for:
leg and grip strengths using cable-tension methods; lower
limb flexibility using Leighton’s flexometer and technique;
anthropometry of the legs; and skating speed under standing
and flying start conditions with and without a stick over two
distances, 40 feet and 25 metres. Time was recorded using
photoelectric cells and a Universal Counter Timer Model 604A.
The strength, flexibility, and anthropometric measures were the
independent variables and the skating speeds were the dependent variables. Using a significance level of .05 the data were
analyzed using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient
and Stepwise Multiple Regression statistical methods.
The resulting r*s indicated that 1) flexibility was specific
to each Joint measured, 2) there was a general strength factor
and a general skating body type, 3) two of the skating speed
tests encompassed many factors of the other six, 4) flexibility
was related to a little degree to strength and anthropometry,
5) strength and anthropometry were related, and 6) flexibility
and anthropometry were not related to skating speed. The regression
analyses accounted for all of the variance in each
dependent variable but the variables entered were different
in order and in contributory weight in each analysis. Skating speed was indicated as being specific to the distance and conditions under which it was performed. | |
