The Relationship between Stroke Metrics, Work Rate and Performance in Slalom Kayakers

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume2
dc.contributor.authorMacdermid PW
dc.contributor.authorOlazabal T
dc.contributor.editorKeogh J
dc.contributor.editorHortobagyi T
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T01:11:24Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T01:11:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-28
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between work rate, stroke metrics, and performance in whitewater slalom. Twelve Spanish, nationally competitive whitewater slalom kayakers took part in a simulated competition while using an instrumented kayak paddle to record stroke metrics over a simulated race, total duration and sectional splits. Performance time was highly correlated to overall power output (r2 = 0.511, p < 0.001), where kayakers demonstrated a positive pacing strategy with power output significantly decreasing over successive sectional splits (158 ± 40, 112 ± 32 and 65 ± 33 W, p < 0.001). This resulted in an increased stroke duration (p < 0.001), time to peak force (p < 0.001), a decrease in stroke peak force (p < 0.001), and rate of peak force development (p < 0.001) over elapsed time. As such, work rate is deemed an objective metric to monitor performance, prescribe training, and ascertain optimal pacing strategies in canoe slalom.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionMarch 2022
dc.format.pagination31-43
dc.identifier.citationMacdermid PW, Olazabal T. (2022). The Relationship between Stroke Metrics, Work Rate and Performance in Slalom Kayakers. Biomechanics (Switzerland). 2. 1. (pp. 31-43).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/biomechanics2010005
dc.identifier.eissn2673-7078
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69684
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/2/1/5
dc.relation.isPartOfBiomechanics (Switzerland)
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BYen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectcanoeing
dc.subjectpower meter
dc.subjectwhitewater slalom
dc.titleThe Relationship between Stroke Metrics, Work Rate and Performance in Slalom Kayakers
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id485054
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Health
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