Demographic, physiological, psychological, and on-ice performance indicators predict plus/minus status of recreational i
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Claudio R. Nigg1,2 · Andreas Gessner1 · Carina Nigg1 Rainer Neumann1,3
· Marco Giurgiu1 ·
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Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Health Science Department, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 3 Institute of Movement and Sport, University of Education Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 2
Demographic, physiological, psychological, and on-ice performance indicators predict plus/minus status of recreational ice hockey players across a season Introduction Sport game outcomes are often based on random events which makes it challenging to predict game outcomes (Boulier & Stekler, 2003; Lames, 1998). To increase their chances of winning a game, a season or a tournament, ice hockey teams (and analysts) strive to find indicators and parameters predicting success in ice hockey and identifying key players contributing to the team’s success (Lee, Kim, Chaeeun, Pathak, & Moon, 2018). In competitive sports such as professional ice hockey, a good amount of research documents the performance indicators that influence match performance (Hvattum, 2019); however, due to limited resources (financial, staff, time), little is known about recreational athletes’ performance indicators and metrics providing useful data about a player’s contribution to the team’s success. A set of parameters to predict success in professional sports (e.g., National Hockey League [NHL], National Basketball League [NBA]) are performance indicators, including physiologiData Availability Statement Data of this project are available from the corresponding author.
cal (Starkes, Helsen, & Jack, 2001) and psychological characteristics (Sullivan & Feltz, 2001). Janelle and Hillman (2003) suggest four domains being important to reach expert level: physiological, technical, cognitive (tactical/perceptual) and emotional. These domains which eventually lead to expert performance are all influenced by the psychological skills domain, with experts having superior abilities and skills in the domains relevant for the sport (Janelle & Hillman, 2003). In a professional ice hockey selection camp, selected players by expert coaches showed better physical and physiological parameters than nonselected players. The best predictors of success in the recruitment process were time to peak power and relative peak power as measured by the 30 s Wingate test, VO2max and 30 m sprint forwards on ice (Roczniok et al., 2015). Fieldbased assessments seem to deliver more meaningful/predictive data compared to laboratory assessments (Henriksson, Vescovi, Fjellman-Wiklund, & Gilenstam, 2016). Henriksson et al. (2016) identified single-leg standing long-jump as a valid method to gain knowledge about performance characteristics for
skating among female ice hockey players. Psychologically, achievement orientation may influence a player’s on-ice performance. Achievement theory assumes that humans aim to demonstrate high abilities rather than low abilities (Roberts, Treasure, & Conroy, 2007). One’s abilities can be judged
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