Keywords

hockey, young athletes, skating technique, motor actions, kinematic characteristics.

Abstract

Objective of the study is to examine the kinematic characteristics of skating technique in young hockey players aged 11-13 and to determine directions for optimizing the structure of motor actions.

Methodology and organization of the study. The research was conducted at the ice hockey sports school in Smolensk. During 2024, an analysis was made of the kinematic angular characteristics of the skating technique stance. Kinematic parameters were recorded using high-speed Flare 12M CoaXPress (CXP) cameras and analyzed using TEMA Motion software. The subjects were 36 young hockey players aged 11-13. Based on the results of a biomechanical analysis of skating kinematics, corrective exercises for technique were developed to optimize the structure of motor actions in athletes of the control group (CG, n=18) and experimental group (EG, n=18), the effectiveness of which was tested during 2025.

Results of the study and their discussion. Biomechanical analysis of skating technique kinematics before the start of the formative experiment revealed that hockey players in the CG and EG had no significant differences in the indicators of stance angular characteristics, as well as acceleration in the sub-phases of free skating, push-off with one leg and two legs (p>0.05). This trend indicates that modern coaches insufficiently use corrective exercises for technique to improve athletes' motor skills. Following the formative pedagogical experiment aimed at using simulated corrective exercises in the sub-phases of the motor action of skating technique in hockey players aged 11-13, the EG showed a decrease in the angle of trunk inclination from 25.4±1.1° to 12.6±0.7°, a decrease in the angle of leg flexion in the hip joints from 107.4±4.2° to 95.3±3.7° and in the knee joints from 97.2±3.8° to 86.7±3.6° (p<0.05). In the ankle joints, an increase in the angle of leg flexion was noted from 71.5±3.4° to 76.9±3.5° (p>0.05). In the control group, virtually no changes occurred, indicating a lack of correction in the structure of motor actions in terms of the angular characteristics of the hockey player's stance during skating.

Conclusion. Analysis of the dynamics of angular parameters of trunk inclination, leg flexion in the hip, knee, and ankle joints during the execution of the stance while skating indicates that the use of simulated corrective exercises helps to optimize the structure of motor actions and, as a result, makes it possible to achieve more rational skating technique in young hockey players aged 11-13 during competitions.

References

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