Considerations for the Physical Preparation of Freestyle Snowboarding Athletes

Dann, Rick A.; Kelly, Vincent G.

doi:10.1519/ssc.0000000000000651

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“…Freestyle skiers have more balanced hip flexor and extensor development. 8 The flexor strength of the back muscles is significantly lower than that of the extensor muscles. This offset did not significantly change the flexion and extension rates of the lower back muscles.…”

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Fitness Training of Athletes in Freestyle Skiing

Gao

Liu

Jing

et al. 2023

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Physical training is essential to physical fitness in freestyle skiers. The domain of stability in the technical movements is a determinant of the competition, always constantly improving. Objective: Develop a physical training program adapted to freestyle skiing. Methods: Twelve freestyle skiers were selected as volunteers for the experiment. This paper compares athletes’ physical qualities and individual abilities before and after physical training. Through recent research, the athletes’ physical condition was comprehensively evaluated to test the effectiveness of their physical training. results: Freestyle skiers showed good anaerobic fitness. A relationship was found between the maximum number of thrusts, the degree of spin in the air, the maximum power duration, and the power decay rate (P<0.05). In the body balance test, the lower limbs showed deficiencies in anteroposterior mobility, while bipodal balance showed no significantly statistical differences (P>0.05). Conclusion: This paper systematically studies body composition, the center of gravity strength, anaerobic capacity, and balance in freestyle skiers. The results provide a good assessment of the effect of fitness training on freestyle ski athletes. These results have particular guiding significance for formulating and implementing training programs focused on the sport. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

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Fitness Training of Athletes in Freestyle Skiing

Gao

Liu

Jing

et al. 2023

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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“…The statements in this cluster included skateboarding, surf skating, snowboarding, trampolines with boards and balance trainers. This is somewhat surprising as some literature suggests participation in cross-training (i.e., skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding) is common among action sports athletes (Dann & Kelly, 2022;Ellmer et al, 2020). Despite this, no research currently examines their effectiveness and/or transfer to surfing performance.…”

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“…In response, surfing coaches and organisations have invested in cutting-edge training facilities to increase athlete exposure to surflike environments, which are believed to reflect competition settings. The advent of these training facilities and alternative training modalities, such as skateboard parks, ramps and jumps, gymnastics halls, trampolines, foam pits, and virtual reality, provide surfers with unprecedented access to outof-ocean training methods modelled on established skill-based Olympic sports, such as diving (Barris et al, 2013), skiing (Aleshin et al, 2009), and snowboarding (Dann & Kelly, 2022;Künzell & Lukas, 2011).…”

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Athlete and Support Staff Perceptions of Training Modalities for the Development of Surfing-Specific Manoeuvres: A Concept Mapping Approach

Dann,

Roberts,

Headrick

et al. 2024

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This study aimed to explore the perspectives of surfers and support staff on the relevance and practicality of various surfing training modalities to enhance surfing-specific maneuvers. Employing the Concept Systems groupwisdomTM platform, data were collected from 29 participants (18 support staff and 11 surfers) using concept mapping, a method known for capturing context-specific insights. The participants generated 101 statements regarding training modalities, then refined to 58 and categorised into four clusters through multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis: education and mindset, physical preparation, in-water training, and dry-land training. The clusters were rated based on importance and feasibility on a 10-point scale. The findings revealed that the education and mindset cluster was considered the most crucial (mean = 7.5) and feasible (8.1), while dry-land training was viewed as the least important (mean = 5.9) and feasible (mean = 6.0). A notable discrepancy was observed in the perceived importance of dry-land training between surfers (mean = 6.48) and support staff (mean = 5.61), indicating differing viewpoints. The study concludes that training programs should prioritise education and mindset, physical preparation, in-water training, and dry-land training, in that order. It also suggests the need to consider diverse opinions on dry-land training and recommends a constraints-led approach to training design, acknowledging the unique challenges in surf training. This research provides novel insights into the design of effective training environments for skill-based surfing maneuvers.

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“…surfing and snowboarding), we can assume that skateboarding performance depends on an interaction of objective physical, technical, and tactical factors [15,16]. Within these sports, understanding of these factors is important in providing a basis of empirical data from which to direct training [17], examine athlete progression [16,18], and enhance athlete performance [19]. Nonetheless, no review on the topic exists, and such information would be best placed in tandem with a thorough understanding of what makes an athlete perform well in situ.…”

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Skating into the Unknown: Scoping the Physical, Technical, and Tactical Demands of Competitive Skateboarding

Diewald,

Neville,

Cronin

et al. 2024

Sports Med

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Background The inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympics suggests that athletes and coaches are seeking ways to enhance their chances of succeeding on the world stage. Understanding what constitutes performance, and what physical, neuromuscular, and biomechanical capacities underlie it, is likely critical to success. Objective The aim was to overview the current literature and identify knowledge gaps related to competitive skateboarding performance and associated physical, technical, and tactical demands of Olympic skateboarding disciplines. Methods A systematic scoping review was performed considering the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. Data sources were MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and PubMed. We included all peer-reviewed literature after 1970 describing the physiological, neuromuscular, biomechanical, and/or tactical aspects of skateboarding. Results Nineteen original articles explored the physiological (n = 9), biomechanical (n = 8), and technical (n = 10) demands of skateboarding. No research explored the tactical demands of competition. Moreover, although competitive males (n = 2 studies) and females (n = 1 study) were recruited as participants, no research directly related skateboarding demands to performance success in competitive environments. Conclusions Ultimately, what constitutes and distinguishes competitive skateboarding is unexplored. There is some evidence indicating aspects of the sport require flexibility and elevated and fast force output of the lower limbs, which may be valuable when attempting to maximise ollie height. Nonetheless, a lack of ecological validity, such as using static ollie tests as opposed to rolling, restricted our ability to provide practical recommendations, and inconsistency of terminology complicated delineating discipline-specific outcomes. Future researchers should first look to objectively identify what skaters do in competition before assessing what qualities enable their performance.

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Considerations for the Physical Preparation of Freestyle Snowboarding Athletes

Cited by 6 publications

References 75 publications

Fitness Training of Athletes in Freestyle Skiing

Fitness Training of Athletes in Freestyle Skiing

Athlete and Support Staff Perceptions of Training Modalities for the Development of Surfing-Specific Manoeuvres: A Concept Mapping Approach

Skating into the Unknown: Scoping the Physical, Technical, and Tactical Demands of Competitive Skateboarding

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