“Health is Just the Basic Requirement for Optimal Performance and Winning”: Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Testing and Training in Competitive Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing,Sports Medicine

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“Health is Just the Basic Requirement for Optimal Performance and Winning”: Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Testing and Training in Competitive Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing
Sports Medicine ( IF 9.3 ) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 , DOI: 10.1007/s40279-024-02106-0
Oriol Bonell Monsonís _{1,

2} , Peter Balsiger _{3,

4} , Evert Verhagen _{1,

2} , Vincent Gouttebarge _{2,

5,

6} , Jörg Spörri _{3,

4} , Caroline Bolling _{1,

5}

Affiliation

Background and Objective

Competitive alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle skiing, all different in nature and risks, are known for their high injury and illness burden. Testing measures and training methods may be considered for athletes’ preparation to support performance enhancement while safeguarding their health. We explored the perspectives and perceptions of competitive alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle skiing stakeholders regarding testing and training practices in their competitive snow sports.

Methods

We conducted an exploratory qualitative study based on grounded theory principles through 13 semi-structured interviews about testing and training practices with athletes, on-snow and off-snow coaches, managers and healthcare providers from different national teams. The interviews were inductively analysed through a constant comparative data analysis.

Results

Participants described winning as the end goal of testing and training practices, which requires athletes to perform in their best condition. To do so, they mentioned two main targets: performance enhancement and health protection. Participants acknowledged health as a premise to perform optimally, considering testing and monitoring approaches, goal setting, and training to support and protect athlete performance. This continuous cyclic process is driven by communication and shared decision making among all stakeholders, using testing and monitoring outputs to inform goal setting, training (e.g. on-snow and off-snow) and injury prevention. Such an approach helps athletes achieve their goal of winning while being fit and healthy throughout their short-term and long-term athletic career development.

Conclusions

The ultimate goal of testing measures and training methods in such competitive snow sports is winning. Performance enhancement and health protection act as pillars in systematic, tailored and flexible processes to guarantee athletes’ best preparation to perform. Moreover, athletes’ assessments, goal setting, monitoring tools, open communication and shared decision making strongly guide this cyclic process.

中文翻译：

“健康只是发挥最佳表现和获胜的基本要求”：利益相关者对竞技高山滑雪、单板滑雪和自由式滑雪测试和训练的看法

背景和目的

竞技高山滑雪、单板滑雪和自由式滑雪的性质和风险各不相同，但都以其高伤害和疾病负担而闻名。运动员的准备工作可以考虑测试措施和训练方法，以支持提高成绩，同时保障他们的健康。我们探讨了竞技高山滑雪、单板滑雪和自由式滑雪利益相关者对于竞技雪上运动测试和训练实践的看法和看法。

方法

我们根据扎根理论原则，通过 13 次半结构化访谈，对来自不同国家队的运动员、雪上和雪外教练、管理人员和医疗保健提供者进行了有关测试和训练实践的探索性定性研究。通过不断的比较数据分析对访谈进行归纳分析。

结果

参与者将获胜视为测试和训练实践的最终目标，这需要运动员发挥最佳状态。为此，他们提到了两个主要目标：性能增强和健康保护。参与者承认健康是获得最佳表现的前提，并考虑测试和监测方法、目标设定以及支持和保护运动员表现的训练。这种持续的循环过程是由所有利益相关者之间的沟通和共同决策驱动的，使用测试和监控输出来为目标设定、训练（例如雪上和雪下）和伤害预防提供信息。这种方法可以帮助运动员实现获胜的目标，同时在短期和长期的运动生涯发展中保持健康。