Investigating Vertical and Horizontal Force-Velocity Profiles in Club-Level Field Hockey Athletes: Do Mechanical Characteristics Transfer Between Orientation of Movement? by Dylan Hicks, Claire Drummond, Kym Williams, Roland van den Tillaar

“… To inform physical preparation strategies in field hockey athletes, this cross-sectional study investigated the transfer of mechanical characteristics in different force-vectors and determined the correlations between vertical and horizontal force-velocity profiles and performance outcomes. Thirty-one club-level field hockey athletes (age: 23.1 ± 4.3yrs, body mass: 70.6 ± 10.3kg, height: 1.72 ± 0.09m) performed vertical (jump) force-velocity profiles by performing countermovement jumps at three incremental loads, and horizontal (sprint) force-velocity profiles by performing maximal 30-meter sprint efforts. …”
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