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Pre-Season Physical Preparation
Applying Science to Practice
Paul Clarke
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Paul Clarke• County Meath
• Match-Fit Ireland
• Strength & Conditioning, Sports Science and out on the pitch 3-4 times per week “in the trenches”
• Meath, Offaly, Newtown Blues & Skryne GFC 2013, St. Oliver Plunketts ER 2014
• Head of Performance Solutions....Redback Biotek
• Sports Technology
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•VX Sport – NZ....2008• “Performance you can See”•Innvoation comes from not knowing• Develop performance partnerships with our clients....work together and learn together.•Drive better on field performance and.... •Keep the coach and player at the heart of everything we do
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??????????• Simple, Clear, Concise Information• Understand Performance – by team, tactic, player and position• Hands on coaching & learning tool• Injury Prevention / Management• Plan & Periodise
“ If you want to manage it you must measure it” Peter Drucker
“It’s not so much that GPS gives us lots of answers & understanding, it does....but more than that it allows & prompts us to ask better questions” Dr.Kieran Collins
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Measure........How far....How fast??
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How Intense??
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“I felt you were a bit out of position at time.......no, I was where you told me...”...Sound familiar ???
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Match #1 = 0-1 from play..........Match #2 = 1-3 from play in this half.
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Quality & frequency of sprints (efficiency)
Fatigue Analysis
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300m
1000m
•Drill Volume•Warm up Volume•Burnout
750m 700m
Total = 3000m
Training Volumes
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Better Questions...better use of time??...Better ways for pre-season??
Drills based Session - 2012• Time = 35 mins• Distance Covered = 1907
mts• Relative Distance = 54
mts/min• Hi-Intensity mts = 83• High-end Sprints (avg.
Per player) = 1.8
Game Based Session - 2012• Time = 20 mins• Distance Covered = 2139 mts ☺• Relative Distance = 107
mts/min ☺• Hi-Intensity mts = 312 m ☺• High-end Sprints (avg. Per
player) = 8.2 ☺** Game played after Drills section**
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Another look...Carlow 2014
Louth Senior Club 2013 (1 Half of play)• Time = 30 mins• Distance = 3497 mts• Relative Dist = 117 mts/min• Hi-Intensity Distance = 789 mts• % Hi-Intensity = 23%• No of Hi –Intensity sprints = 82
Carlow IT Trial (6 SSGs)• Time = 24 mins• Distance = 2170• Relative Distance = 90mts/min• Hi –Intensity Distance = 461 mts• % Hi-Intensity = 21%• No. of Hi-Intensity sprints = 79Is this approach preparing the players
for the stop/start nature of GAA???
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Finding another way.........• Hurling & Football• Pre-Season.....more effective use of time?• Integrating Physical, Mental, Technical, Tactical
demands of the game
Test environment 10-a-side : 2 x 3 mins 6-a-side : 2 x 2 mins 3-a-side : 2 x 1 min
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Summary
Time 1min
Distance 178M
Max Speed 28kph
Avg Speed 11kph
Hi Int Mts 98
% Dist @ Hi-int 59%
% Time @ Hi-int
28%
No. of Accelerations
9
Time 2min
Distance 344M
Max Speed 22kph
Avg Speed 7kph
Hi Int Mts 36
% Dist @ Hi-int 11%
% Time @ Hi-int
5%
No. of Accelerations
15
10 V 10 6 V 6 3 V 3
Time 3min
Distance 482M
Max Speed 23kph
Avg Speed 9kph
Hi Int Mts 98
% Dist @ Hi-int 20%
% Time @ Hi-int
11%
No. of Accelerations
18