title: Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure in Division I Field Hockey Players During Competitive Play.
abstract: Sell, KM and Ledesma, AB. Heart rate and energy expenditure in Division I field hockey players during competitive play. J Strength Cond Res 30(8): 2122-2128, 2016-The purpose of this study was to quantify energy expenditure and heart rate data for Division I female field hockey players during competitive play. Ten female Division I collegiate field hockey athletes (19.8 ± 1.6 years; 166.4 ± 6.1 cm; 58.2 ± 5.3 kg) completed the Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test to determine maximal heart rate. One week later, all subjects wore a heart rate monitor during a series of 3 matches in an off-season competition. Average heart rate (AvHR), average percentage of maximal heart rate (AvHR%), peak exercise heart rate (PExHR), and percentage of maximal heart rate (PExHR%), time spent in each of the predetermined heart rate zones, and caloric expenditure per minute of exercise (kcalM) were determined for all players. Differences between positions (backs, midfielders, and forwards) were assessed. No significant differences in AvHR, AvHR%, PExHR, PExHR%, and %TM were observed between playing positions. The AvHR% and PExHR% for each position fell into zones 4 (77-93% HRmax) and 5 (>93% HRmax), respectively, and significantly more time was spent in zone 4 compared with zones 1, 2, 3, and 5 across all players (p ≤ 0.05). The kcalM reflected very heavy intensity exercise. The results of this study will contribute toward understanding the sport-specific physiological demands of women's field hockey and has specific implications for the duration and schedule of training regimens.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Health Professions, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York; 2Department of Sports Performance, Arrillaga Family Sports Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Katie M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sell
authors.forename: Allison B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ledesma
mesh_terms: D003163:Competitive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006688:Hockey / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult