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ORAL ABSTRACTS - THURSDAY, 21 MAY 201510:15 - 11:45S08 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALLS08.1Recent research findings in Australian football: application to other codes?'Brian DawsonUniversity of Western Australia, School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, Department ofExercise Physiology and Biochemistry, Crawley, WA, AustraliaIn the past several years, published research into team sports has increased greatly. Australianfootball is no exception to this trend, as many research groups within the country have published(collectively) well over 100 papers in the past 3 years on various aspects of the game. Broadly,these can be grouped under 4 main themes: a) Altitude training (incorporating both actual altitudecamps and “top up” repeat sprint training programmes in hypoxic environments) b) Recovery fromtraining/games (incorporating methods such as cold water immersion, plus effects on nexttraining/game performance) c) Player movement profiles in games (incorporating GPS andaccelerometer derived data and match statistics/coach ratings of performance) d) Injuryrisk/prediction/management (incorporating multi season training and game loads, maturity andinjury history analyses) This talk will aim to present the important findings from Australian footballresearch into these topics, and attempt to apply these results (where applicable) to the other majorfootball codes.S08.2The effects of physical exertion on decision-making performance of Australian footballumpiresKasey Paradis, D O'Connor, P LarkinUniversity of Sydney, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaDecision-making is a key component of an official’s in-game performance, with each decisionpotentially having a direct impact on the result of the game. Additionally, officials have to bephysically fit to ensure they keep up with the game-play. While research has identified the decisionmakingdemands and running demands of officials separately, few have explored the relationshipbetween them. The aim of this investigation was to examine the relationship between physicalexertion and decision-making performance of Australian Football umpires at the sub-elite andjunior levels. A total of 18 Australian Football umpires (Sub-elite, n = 10; Junior n = 8) performed10 x 300 metre runs, with each repetition immediately followed by a video-based decision-makingtest and additional 1 minute of recovery. A Mann-Whitney U assessment indicated a significantdifference between the sub-elite and junior level umpires for decision-making accuracy (U = 13.00,z = -2.43, p = 0.016, r = -0.5). However, there was no significant difference in response time (U =28.00, z = -1.07, p = 0.315, r = -0.25). The sub-elite umpires completed the running efforts insignificantly less time than the junior umpires (p>0.05). Further, there was no significant correlationbetween decision-making performance and running times for either skill level (p>0.05). Thissuggests decision-making performance may not be affected by physical exertion. Therefore, it may79