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Agility demands of Gaelic football match-play: a time-motion analysis

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  • Paul F. Talty
  • Kevin McGuigan
  • Mark Quinn
  • Paul A. Jones

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Research into the physical demands of Gaelic football is limited with no research into the agility or change of direction (CoD) demands of the sport. This study examined the CoD demands of Gaelic football via a time-motion analysis of senior inter-county match play. The Bloomfield movement classification (BMC) was adapted for application to Gaelic football. A new “descriptor” was used in an effort to account for the decision-making component of agility by isolating actions that occurred during active engagement with play. Of 1,899 changes of direction (CoDs) identified, 1,035 occurred during active engagement in play. The left/right split for CoDs during active engagement in play was 47.1/49.9%, indicating no preference for completing actions to one side over the other. Whilst the most common CoDs were ≤90° (74.9%), 80% of CoDs greater than 270° took place during active engagement in play. CoD actions are very common in Gaelic football and may be more common than in other field and court sports. It is important that athletes are physically prepared to cope with the demands of very acute CoDs during meaningful periods of match play.

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  • Paul F. Talty & Kevin McGuigan & Mark Quinn & Paul A. Jones, 2022. "Agility demands of Gaelic football match-play: a time-motion analysis," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 195-208, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:22:y:2022:i:2:p:195-208
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2022.2033519
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