| （1.School of Physical Education，Northeast Normal University，Changchun 130024，China；2.Department of Physical Education，Northeastern University，Shenyang 110819，China) Abstract: In order to explore the characteristics of an excellent short track speed skater competitive ability network struc-ture, the authors selected 30 female skaters in a short track speed skater team trained at the ice center of Jilin province, measured 39 indexes that represent athlete competitive abilities by applying methods such as expert interview, question-naire survey and experiment testing etc, analyzed these indexes in order to find out the “central nodes” and “balance points” of short track speed skater competitive abilities, probed into the characteristics of the excellent short track speed skater competitive ability network structure, and revealed the following findings: among the selected nodes, the nodes that have the biggest numbers of edges are 30m run (15 edges) and maximum oxygen uptake (14 edges) in the nodes in the stamina category, the two indexes can be considered as the central nodes of short track speed skaters; among the selected nodes, the curve technique is a bridge connecting various sub-abilities, which indicates that the curve technique is an im-portant index in short track speed skating; among the 23 nodes of stamina, there are totally edges, which indicates that stamina is the most important constituent part of short track speed skater competitive abilities; a short track skater’s stam-ina is the most important sub-ability of his/her overall competitive abilities. The said findings indicate that the competitive ability network topology model can reveal the patterns in sports training science, better determine optimal competitive abilities, and ensure that skaters can go into competition in the optimal competition condition.
Key words: competition and training；competitive ability；complex network theory；short track speed skating |
