TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of opposition quality on team performance indicators in elite Gaelic football
AU - McDermott, Liam
AU - Collins, Kieran
AU - Mangan, Shane
AU - Warne, Joe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Cardiff Metropolitan University.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of the current study was to assess if opposition quality influences the technical performance of lower-ranked Gaelic football teams. Over a three-year period (2016–2018), nine teams from Tier 3 were assessed on their technical performance levels over 50 matches. Teams were split into three groups according to team rating determined objectively using the Elo Ratings System for Gaelic football (Tier 1 (n = 14) (>1500 points, highest ranking), Tier 2 (n = 17) (1200–1499 points) and Tier 3 (n = 19) (<1200 points)). Teams in Tier 3 are of the same ranking as the “lower ranked teams”. A series of 1-Way ANOVA’s examined differences in technical performance comparing the lower ranked teams to all 3 tiers, where both significance and effect size were considered. There was a non-significant difference found when comparing the lower ranked teams with all three tiers for all variables (all P > 0.05). For both successful hand-passes (ƞ2 = 0.140) and long kick-outs lost (ƞ2 = 0.213), all tiers had a large effect. Between tiers, long kick-outs lost (d = 1.77) was the only large effect noted and occurred when the lower ranked teams played Tier 1 teams. The current study gives an insight to coaches of what parameters in the game are influenced by the opposition.
AB - The aim of the current study was to assess if opposition quality influences the technical performance of lower-ranked Gaelic football teams. Over a three-year period (2016–2018), nine teams from Tier 3 were assessed on their technical performance levels over 50 matches. Teams were split into three groups according to team rating determined objectively using the Elo Ratings System for Gaelic football (Tier 1 (n = 14) (>1500 points, highest ranking), Tier 2 (n = 17) (1200–1499 points) and Tier 3 (n = 19) (<1200 points)). Teams in Tier 3 are of the same ranking as the “lower ranked teams”. A series of 1-Way ANOVA’s examined differences in technical performance comparing the lower ranked teams to all 3 tiers, where both significance and effect size were considered. There was a non-significant difference found when comparing the lower ranked teams with all three tiers for all variables (all P > 0.05). For both successful hand-passes (ƞ2 = 0.140) and long kick-outs lost (ƞ2 = 0.213), all tiers had a large effect. Between tiers, long kick-outs lost (d = 1.77) was the only large effect noted and occurred when the lower ranked teams played Tier 1 teams. The current study gives an insight to coaches of what parameters in the game are influenced by the opposition.
KW - Gaelic football
KW - Lower Ranked Teams
KW - Performance Analysis
KW - Performance Indicators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109723520&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/24748668.2021.1945880
DO - 10.1080/24748668.2021.1945880
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109723520
SN - 1474-8185
VL - 21
SP - 780
EP - 789
JO - International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
JF - International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
IS - 5
ER -