Elite female hockey player’s perceptions and rationale for participating in strength and conditioning training

[摘要] This inductive study aims to explore the perceptions, attitudes and rationale for participating in strength and conditioning training. A group of ten, elite, female hockey players were interviewed using a semi-structured format. The study highlighted that participants showed differing knowledge of the benefits of S & C. It was evident that the participants could be split into two groups (1) those that had experienced injury in the past, for ease these will be named the ‘recoverers’ and, (2) those who had never had a serious injury, these were named the ‘invincibles’. The ‘recoverers’ were split into two further groups, the ‘recurrent recoverers’ and ‘rapid recoverers’. Overall the recoverers, but significantly the ‘recurrent recoverers’ showed a greater understanding of S & C training, highlighting the benefits to performance and injury reduction. Whereas the majority of participants in the ‘invincibles’ group perceived their engagement in S & C training as only involving strength training, referring to ‘weight training’ when asked what exercises their training incorporated. A number of them saw it as un-feminine and of a male domain. The study indicates a number of future innovations that could be incorporated into S & C to increase understanding and participation levels.

[发布机构] University:University of Birmingham;Department:School of Education

[关键词] R Medicine;RC Internal medicine;RC1200 Sports Medicine