Skating into the Unknown: Scoping the Physical, Technical, and Tactical Demands of Competitive Skateboarding
| aut.relation.journal | Sports Medicine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cross, Matthew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Diewald, Shelley | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cronin, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Neville, Jono | |
| dc.contributor.author | Read, David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-14T23:20:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-14T23:20:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background The inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympics suggests that athletes and coaches are seeking ways to enhance their chances of succeeding on the world stage. Understanding what constitutes performance, and what physical, neuromuscular, and biomechanical capacities underlie it, is likely critical to success. Objective The aim was to overview the current literature and identify knowledge gaps related to competitive skateboarding performance and associated physical, technical, and tactical demands of Olympic skateboarding disciplines. Methods A systematic scoping review was performed considering the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. Data sources were MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and PubMed. We included all peer-reviewed literature after 1970 describing the physiological, neuromuscular, biomechanical, and/or tactical aspects of skateboarding. Results Nineteen original articles explored the physiological (n = 9), biomechanical (n = 8), and technical (n = 10) demands of skateboarding. No research explored the tactical demands of competition. Moreover, although competitive males (n = 2 studies) and females (n = 1 study) were recruited as participants, no research directly related skateboarding demands to performance success in competitive environments. Conclusions Ultimately, what constitutes and distinguishes competitive skateboarding is unexplored. There is some evidence indicating aspects of the sport require flexibility and elevated and fast force output of the lower limbs, which may be valuable when attempting to maximise ollie height. Nonetheless, a lack of ecological validity, such as using static ollie tests as opposed to rolling, restricted our ability to provide practical recommendations, and inconsistency of terminology complicated delineating discipline-specific outcomes. Future researchers should first look to objectively identify what skaters do in competition before assessing what qualities enable their performance. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sports Medicine, ISSN: 0112-1642 (Print); 1179-2035 (Online), Springer. doi: 10.1007/s40279-024-02032-1 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s40279-024-02032-1 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0112-1642 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1179-2035 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17535 | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-024-02032-1 | |
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| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
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| dc.subject | 0913 Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.subject | 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences | |
| dc.subject | 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy | |
| dc.subject | Sport Sciences | |
| dc.subject | 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science | |
| dc.subject | 4207 Sports science and exercise | |
| dc.title | Skating into the Unknown: Scoping the Physical, Technical, and Tactical Demands of Competitive Skateboarding | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| pubs.elements-id | 552556 |