ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1589085
The Relationship Between On-Water and Off-Water Performance Tests in Elite Canoe Slalom Athletes
Provisionally accepted
- 1Matej Vajda - Sport and Performance consulting, Bratislava, Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 3Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
- 4The Faculty of Sports Science and Health, MBU Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
- 5Národné Športové Centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 6Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
- 7Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czechia
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This study aims to evaluate the relationship between on-and off-water performance tests in canoe slalomA total of 34 elite canoe slalom athletes, who competed in one of the following categories: K1 men (K1M, n=9), K1 women (K1W, n=8), C1 men (C1M, n=9) or C1 women (C1W, n=8) volunteered in the study. On-water testing consisted of two flat water tests, SBS -Sprints with turns to both sides (2 x 15 m shuttle sprints) and 12 x 15 AOT -12 x 15 m all out shuttle test (12 x 15 m shuttle sprints). Off-water testing included anthropometric analyses, power output in bench press and pull measurement as well as 3 x 200 m performance on kayak ergometer. Each athlete completed testing in two consecutive days.The results have shown the significant relationship between on-water tests (SBS/12x15 AOT) and: body weight (kg), r= 0.472/0.478; body fat (%), r= 0.451/0.445; Pmax bench press (w), r= 0.748/0.705; Pmax bench pull (w), r= 0.704/0.693; relative Pmax bench press (w/kg), r= 0.735/0.663; relative Pmax in bench pull (w/kg), r= 0.727/0.700; ergo best 200m (s), r= 0.851/0.884; ergo best mean 200 m (w), r= 0.902/0.922; ergo 3 x 200 m total time (s), r= 0.842/0.884, determined using the Pearson correlation coefficient.Based on the identified relationships, we recommend regular monitoring of the physical fitness levels of canoe slalom athletes using the described off-water tests. These tests can help identify the strengths and weaknesses of athletes, enabling coaches to optimize the training process.
Keywords: Canoe slalom, Performance testing, Physical Fitness, White water, off-water testing
Received: 06 Mar 2025; Accepted: 21 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Vajda, Krupa, Pratt, Škáchová, Kováč, Cvečka and Busta. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Matej Vajda, Matej Vajda - Sport and Performance consulting, Bratislava, Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ján Cvečka, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
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