Leken som undervisningsmetod
En studie om pedagogers syn på leken
AimThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between off-ice horizontal jump tests and on-ice skating among students at hockey high schools. Questions: What is the association between the performance on horizontal jumps and skating 10 meters standing start among students in Swedish ice hockey high schools? What is the association between the performance on horizontal jumps and skating 10 meters flying start among students in Swedish ice hockey high schools?MethodStudents at three ice hockey high schools in the Stockholm area participated in the study. Two schools were national approved sports educations and one at lower level. All 50 students (41 at national approved sports educations and 9 lower level) that were included in the study were men and went year one and two in gymnasium. Horizontal jump test, standing long jump, standing long jump on one leg (right and left) and standing five step jump was carried out off-ice. A 40-meter sprint skating was on-ice, where times for standing 0-10 meters and flying 10 meters were used in further analysis. The degree of linear relationship between the variables on-ice skating and off-ice tests were measured using Pearson's correlation coefficient.ResultsStanding long jump on one leg (right and left) was highly correlated to both skating 0-10 meters standing start (r = -0.599) and skating 10 meters flying start (r = -0.635) among all skaters in this study. The respective associations with standing five step jump were r = -0.467 and r = -0.582 whereas for standing long jump they were r = -0.459 and r = -0.599. Conclusions Standing long jump on one leg (right and left) correlates best with skating, both the 0-10 meters standing start, and the 10 meters flying start. Generally, there was a higher correlation between the three jump tests and skating 10 meters flying start than 0-10 meters standing start. Based on this study's results, we consider that the standing long jump on one leg (right and left) should be included in the test battery that national approved sports educations colleges conduct.