Performance Analysis - Ulster GAA

Performance
Analysis
Level 1 Fast Track
Loughry College, Cookstown
October 2003

Icebreaker
• What is Performance Analysis?
• What are you analysing?
• Brainstorm (3 minutes)
• Feedback on flipchart

The Coaching Process
COMPETITION
Coach Observes
Competition
Coach Conducts
Practice
Coach identifies
Strength and weaknesses
Coach prioritises
problems

Coaching Process
• Stastical and Video Information
• Reliant on systematic observation
• Require valid and reliable information
• Conduct a live performance or
• Videos of past performance
• Collected by hand notation
• Computer or video interactive system

Outcome of session:
PA can have an impact on
• Individual Performance
• Team Performance
• Scouting of opposition
• Practice design
• Sports medicine
• Sports science support
• Conditioning
• Mental Fitness

Analysis of What?
• Work the Circuit?
• Task
– Work around the
sheets on the wall
– HOW can PA have
an impact on each of
the things identified?

Summary Analysis of ..
• People
– Coach
– Player
– Team
– Opposition
• Performance
– Technical
– Tactical
– Team Play
– Support Areas

THE COACH
Looking at YOUR Performance
• What aspects do you reflect on to help
improve your performance as a coach?
?

Dealing with the Media?

Reflection….Some ideas!
• How I manage….
• How I communicate….
• Quality of the Information….
• Effectiveness of decisions made….
• How had I prepared for…..
• What wasn’t seen…..
• Variety of the session
• Suitable challenge…..
• HOW WELL I OBSERVE and ANALYSE

Observation???
• Brain has 30%
accuracy in recollecting
• Human brain limited in
capacity to store and
process
• Subjective analysis is
problematic
– Length of observation period
– Passage of time
– Observation conditions
– Highlighting – usually
remember certain events
– Psychological errors
• Experienced coach
– Reduced anxiety when
observing
– Ability to define critical
events
– Ease in recognising
critical events
– Identification of key
aspects of play in training
– Observation of the key
events

The Coach – Communication
• Communication
– Technical Comment
– Tactical Comment
– Positive Comment
– Negative Comment
• Non verbal
– Gestures
– Body Language
• Use the Sheet to make
notes

Player Analysis
• Task
– Take a postit and
write one aspect on
each that you would
look at in terms of a
player analysis.
– Develop themes as
you come up to the
board

Player Analysis
• Technical
• Balance
• Strength
• Team Play
• Tactical Awareness
• Switching Play
• Speed
• Agility
• Mobility
• Body Language
• Decision making
• Tackling
• Strengths
• Weaknesses

U16 Plyometrics and Weights Session –
Focus Strength and Technique

Reinforcing Good Practice – Sports Psychology

Reinforcing Good Practice – Technique High Fielding
Modelling Performance

Team - Match Analysis
• How does it fit into your programme?
• Will it influence your training and
competition?
• Basic principles of Analysis
– Coaching is about effecting performance
– Quality of feedback has a critical role
– Information must be accurate and valid

Reinforce Team Play –
Tackling and Harassing Backs in Possession

Observation Issues
• Stats provide an overview.
• Develop idea of patterns.
• Where are you observing
from?
• View the game video with a
structured approach.
• Coach decision on what he
is trying to achieve.
• Analysis of the coaches
performance.

Half Time Stats?
What can we take from them
• Task in fours
• Take the example given of Armagh v
Roscommon and decide what feedback you
would give to the players at half time?

PA - Breaking Down the Sport
• Providing feedback
– Passing on information
• Refining behaviour
– Breaking down and improving key areas
• Verbal Behaviour
– Specific
• Target related, coaching points, personal goals,
behaviour patterns
– Non Specific
• Motivational, organisational

Video Analysis – Elite System
• External Drive
– Capture Folder
• Tyrone v Fermanagh
– Project Folder
• Tyrone v Fermanagh
• Capture game on
hard drive
• Save clips in project
on D or external
drive
• Develop snapshots
• Use paint to work on
snapshots