Importance of Lactate Threshold in Hockey

Summary

An Individual’s capacity to shuttle out metabolites between and during repeated bouts of high intensity exercise is paramount for maintaining speed, power and coordination. As a game gets closer to its end, the players are using an increasing percentage of the phospho-creatine energy system, but the recovery of those uses during the bouts of sprinting that occur during a player’s shift are reliant upon aerobic energy systems to resynthesize the phospho-creatines. In today’s game it is not enough to keep your feet moving for three periods you have to remain explosive.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sms.14284