Relationships between Muscle Architecture and Performance in Division I Male Italian Field Hockey Players

Muscle architecture has been proposed as one of the most important determinants muscle strength and power performance. The purpose present investigation was to correlate with power, agility maximal in Italian division I Field Hockey (FH) players. Twenty players (age = 25.4 ± 5.2 y; body mass 78.5 9.0 kg; height 179.6 7.8 cm) were assessed for composition, agility, sprint isometric force squat (ISQ). pro-agility test (PRO) 30-m (SPRINT) used speed assessments, respectively. In addition, pennation angle (PA), fascicle length (FL) thickness (MT) vastus lateralis via B-mode ultrasound. Large positive correlations found between PRO both PA MT (r 0.62; p 0.006 r 0.51; 0.032, respectively). Moreover, SPRINT positively correlated negatively FL 0.50, 0.046; −0.50; 0.034, also detected fat 0.58; 0.012 0.61; 0.009, respectively), indicating detrimental effects on specific performances. findings showed existence large relationships physical characteristics related elite performance FH. Low long appear parameters