Study on the Importance of Motor Qualities and Energetic Substrate in the Preparatory Stage, in High-Performance Ice Hockey

Abstract

An ice hockey team needs rationally designed physical training, based on which the technical-tactical actions will be performed in accordance with the requirements of the contemporary game. This is all the more necessary in the case of a team where the average age is increased. The objective of our research consists in highlighting the weight of the basic and combined motor qualities and of the energetic substrates that we have implemented during the preparatory stage (on dry land and on ice) over a span of 13 weeks, at the level of the hockey players in the CSM “Dunărea Galati” team. Their results show that the designed methodology was positively reflected both in terms of improving the general and specific motor skills of the athletes, as well as in the transfer of this component of the training in the technical-tactical behavior, which manifested more efficiently and constantly. This fact led to the achievement of the proposed performance objective, namely winning the National Senior Championship.