Anthropometric, Physiological and Physical Performance Characteristics of Adolescent Female Field Hockey Players in the United Kingdom

This study aimed to describe physical performance in female adolescent hockey players in the United Kingdom to provide normative and comparative data to both identify this group of adolescent team-sport players as athletes and inform coaching and training strategies. Observations were in line with similar studies of active adolescents or elite/sub-elite female adolescent team sport players, suggesting that our participants were similar to other adolescent athletes in most measures. Strength, particularly hand grip strength, was lower than seen in similar aged international hockey players but above population averages. These differences may reflect a difference in training, as none of the participants in this study were doing sport specific strength and conditioning. Future studies should investigate the changes in physiological and physical performance characteristics of adolescent female hockey players across the hockey season specifically in the context of strength training.

本研究旨在描述英国女子青少年曲棍球运动员的身体运动表现，以期建立常模与对比数据，既明确该青少年团体项目运动员的运动员身份，也为教练工作与训练策略制定提供科学参考。本次观测结果与针对活跃青少年或精英/亚精英女子青少年团体项目运动员的同类研究相符，表明本研究的受试对象在多数指标上与其他青少年运动员水平相近。其力量素质，尤其是手握力，低于同年龄段国际女子曲棍球运动员的水平，但高于普通人群的平均水平。上述差异或可归因于训练模式的不同——本研究所有参与者均未接受专项力量与体能训练。未来研究应针对女子青少年曲棍球运动员，尤其围绕力量训练的背景，探究其在整个曲棍球赛季期间生理与身体运动表现特征的变化。