Investigation into the potential differences between Male Scottish International Field Hockey players based upon the location of their club team throughout a Domestic and International season

Traynor, Emma (2019) Investigation into the potential differences between Male Scottish International Field Hockey players based upon the location of their club team throughout a Domestic and International season. MSc(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate and audit the potential differences of the intensity of training and gameplay experienced throughout a season within the Scottish Senior Men’s hockey team dependent on the location of their club team. 25 elite male players (age: 25 ± 3.7) wore 10Hz Playertek Global Positioning Systems (GPS) over the course of a season to measure total distance, sprint distance and speed zones (SZ1=0-11km·hrˉ¹, SZ2=11-15 km·hrˉ¹, SZ3=15-19 km·hrˉ¹, SZ4=19-23 km·hrˉ¹, SZ5=>23 km·hrˉ¹) covered in both club and international training and games. The data was analysed both in an Non-Standardised fashion where durations were unaltered and separately the data was also analysed in a Standardised form to a rate of 60 minutes . All sessions were included in the analysis but only those found to have significant differences (p<0.05) were analysed in further detail. It was found that when comparing each region (Europe, Scotland, England) within one session type (Club Training, Club Game, International Game, International Training) that significant differences were found within club games and club training. Within club games the differences between regions were found to show that Scottish based players cover 7.0±1.6km, English based players to cover 7.1±1.2km and European based players to cover 5.9±1.4km on average. Separately when comparing between different sessions it was found that there was a significant difference between club games and club training with Scottish based players covering 6.0±1.5km in club games compared to 3.6±0.6km in training, English based players covering 6.1±1.1km in games compared to 3.9±0.9km in training and Europe covering 5.1±1.2km in games compared to 4.1±0.8km in club training. Finally speed zone analysis was carried out and it was found that as a whole each region performed similarly across each of the three regions. However, 2 players from the region of Scotland behaved differently from the rest, with each player covering between 26-30% and 15-19% in speed zones 2 & 3 respectively compared to the average of 19% for speed zones 2 and 12% for speed zone 3 for the remaining subjects. In conclusion, it was found that differences did occur in the intensity experienced within training and games in different regions and also across different types of international or club sessions. However whether these differences are down to the specific region that the players are within or a result of other factors such as training content, pitch time or other in inconclusive at this point.

• Item Type: Thesis (MSc(R))
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Colleges/Schools: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Life Sciences
• Supervisor's Name: Scobie, Mr. Nairn
• Date of Award: 2019
• Depositing User: Miss E Traynor
• Unique ID: glathesis:2019-75039
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2019 16:23
• Last Modified: 01 Nov 2019 08:43
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.75039
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/75039