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The injury profile of pre-elite Australian hockey athletes is unknown.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Purpose<\/jats:title>\n The primary aims of this research were to (1) determine the prevalence of injuries\/illnesses at the start of a tournament and following an 8-day tournament; (2) describe injuries\/illnesses and injury incidence rates at the 2024 U\/18 Hockey Australia Championships (HAC). Secondary aims were to (1) assess whether the drag flicking hockey skill is correlated with injury and (2) compare athlete self-report injury\/illness surveillance method with first aid observer injury reporting.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Study Design<\/jats:title>\n Prospective observational cohort study<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Four hundred and twenty-nine female and male athletes competing at the 2024 U\/18 HAC were invited to participate. Two injury\/illness surveillance methods were adopted: 1) athlete self-report and 2) third-party recording. The self-report method involved athletes completing the Modified Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre Questionnaire at the start and end of the tournament. The existing third-party method required the first aid officer to record injuries\/illnesses they observed. Descriptive analysis of injuries\/illnesses was completed. Logistical regression was used to assess the relationship between drag flicking and injury.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Three hundred and ninty-eight athletes participated (16-18yo, 50% male, 50% female). At the end of the tournament, self-report data identified 126 athletes that experienced 203 injuries (96 sports incapacity [SI] injuries) and 44 athletes had an illness (4 SI illnesses). Sixty-nine females sustained 122 injuries (58 SI injuries) and 57 males sustained 81 injuries (38 SI injuries). The third-party method of injury tracking captured 13 injuries during the tournament while the self-report method identified 135 injuries. The most frequently injured area was the lower limb: knee (n = 30), followed by the lower leg\/achilles (n = 27) and ankle (n = 23). There was no relationship between drag flicking and injury (aOR 1.44 (95%CI 0.83 to 2.48), p = 0.19).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n There was a high injury rate at the 2024 U\/18 HAC. Females sustained more injuries and at a higher rate compared to males. Lower limb injuries were most frequent, providing clear direction for injury prevention strategies.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n Level 3<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.26603\/001c.147059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,1]],"date-time":"2025-12-01T14:22:40Z","timestamp":1764598960000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Injury and Illness Surveillance at the 2024 Hockey Australia U\/18 National Championships"],"prefix":"10.26603","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Erin","family":"Smyth","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Canberra Research Institute of Sport and Exercise"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew","family":"King","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01rxfrp27","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"La Trobe University","department":["Physiotherapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emily","family":"Bell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01rxfrp27","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"La Trobe University","department":["Physiotherapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"208","DOI":"10.1177\/1941738117726070","article-title":"Injuries in Australian Rules Football: An Overview of Injury Rates, Patterns, and Mechanisms Across All Levels of Play","volume":"10","author":"R. 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