The Science of Ice Hockey

Autorentext

Simon Grondin is a professor at École de psychologie of Université Laval, Québec, Canada. His areas of expertise include perception and psychophysics, psychological time, and cognitive neuroscience. He is a former editor of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology and a former associate editor of Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. He is also the author of several articles and books on various aspects of ice hockey.

Klappentext

The Science of Ice Hockey offers in-depth presentations of several methods and results of contemporary scientific research on ice hockey.

Bringing together internationally renowned researchers, the book offers technical analyses based on biomechanics, physiology, and cognition. It provides essential information for understanding data analytics, as well as explanations of topics such as effective training, talent identification, and injuries. In addition to suggesting avenues for future research, most chapters highlight the practical applications of the research findings.

This book is of interest to researchers in ice hockey and sports science in general, as well as to competitive hockey coaches at all levels, worldwide.

Inhalt

1. Biomechanical Foundations of Ice Hockey Skating and Goaltending. 2. Visual Perception in Ice Hockey: Past Research and Contemporary Evidence. 3. Training in Ice Hockey. 4. Physiology of Ice Hockey. 5. Ice Hockey Analytics: Development, Data, and Application. 6. Laterality in Ice Hockey. 7. Talent Identification and Athlete Development in Ice Hockey. 8. Pedagogy of Hockey: Small Area Games and the Development of Hockey Players. 9. Injuries, Concussions, Head Impacts, and Prevention Strategies in Youth Ice Hockey. 10. Between the Pipes: Challenges and Opportunities to Advancing Goaltender Development.