Physical preparation of the Australian national male field hockey team exceeded the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tournament

Paul SR Goods; Brendan R Scott; Brendyn Appleby; Denise Jennings; Peter Peeling; Brook Galna

doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2225025

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Physical preparation of the Australian national male field hockey team exceeded the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tournament

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Physical preparation of the Australian national male field hockey team exceeded the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tournament

Paul SR Goods, Brendan R Scott, Brendyn Appleby, Denise Jennings, Peter Peeling and Brook Galna

Journal of sports sciences, Vol.41(6), pp.512-518

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2225025

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Abstract

athletes

conditioning

physical fitness

Sports

time-motion

This investigation explored differences in the pre-tournament preparation period relative to the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for the Australian male field-hockey team. Movement data was collected over 7 months prior to and during the 13-day Olympic tournament. Duration, distance (total; >80% individual peak velocity; >5 m.s −1 ), high-speed decelerations (>3.5 m.s −2 ), and total accelerations and decelerations (>2.5 m.s −2 ) were measured during each running-based session. A 13-day moving sum was calculated for each variable and compared to a player-specific "worst-case scenario" (WCS) for intra-tournament total movement demands. Summed 13-day movement demands exceeded the WCS for 6-58% of the preparation period across variables, for the entire squad. During the tournament, midfielders covered significantly greater sprint distance than Defenders (+84%,p = 0.020), with no other positional differences found. Greater variation in tournament movement demands was observed between players for accelerations, decelerations, and high-speed distance (CV = 19-46%) compared to duration and distance (CV = 4-9%). In conclusion, physical preparation exposed athletes to movement demands which surpassed WCS. Additionally, gross measures of training volume (duration and distance) are more generalisable to a squad; however, additional metrics such as sprint distance and high-speed decelerations are needed to better define positional and individual movement demands, and therefore, should be monitored by practitioners.

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Title: Physical preparation of the Australian national male field hockey team exceeded the movement demands of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tournament
Authors/Creators: Paul SR Goods - Murdoch University, Centre for Healthy Ageing
Brendan R Scott - Murdoch University, Centre for Healthy Ageing
Brendyn Appleby - Hockey Australia
Denise Jennings - Hockey Australia
Peter Peeling - The University of Western Australia
Brook Galna - Murdoch University, Centre for Healthy Ageing
Publication Details: Journal of sports sciences, Vol.41(6), pp.512-518
Publisher: Routledge
Identifiers: 991005585957307891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch Applied Sports Science Laboratory; Centre for Healthy Ageing
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.172 Sports Science; 1.172.414 Training Optimization
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ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine