Characteristics of the Short Track Speed Skaters' Summer Training Loads from Heilongjiang Team

Other than the training in competitive season,the summer training of short track speed skating can be better planned by the coaches without the competitive distraction,and make for the skaters' rapid recovery,physical power accumulation and performance competitiveness improvement in such an unbroken training.So the summer training is most systematic training of short track speed skaters,and the key basic period for them to improve the competitiveness.Therefore,it's worthy to research the training problems about planning the periods,contents and loads in short track speed skating summer training.By monitoring the summer training loads of short track speed skaters from Heilongjiang team,the time is from April to September,totalling 21 weeks and being divided into 4 periods;the contents include 65% specialized ice training,15% dry-land imitation training,10% strength training,5% running,jumping and other exercises;the loads intensity shows an up trend line from the 1st week to the 21st week,but the loads volume shows distinct characteristics of rhythm change with a reverse V-shaped trend from a low in 1st period,to a high in 2nd and 3rd periods,to a low in 4th period.The above results may be as a reference for Chinese short track speed skating preparing the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.