Performance indicators in club level Gaelic football

Kevin McGuigan, Mike Hughes and Denise Martin

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2018, vol. 18, issue 5, 780-795

Abstract: Over 2000 Gaelic Football clubs compete annually for the honour of playing in the All-Ireland club finals in Croke Park in front of up to 30,000 people. There are no published performance data for club level Gaelic football, despite evidence of considerable performance analysis activity. This study aims to establish benchmark profiles for Senior, Intermediate and Junior grade club Gaelic football and investigate which variables are most closely associated with winning.Data from all tiers of the Ulster club football championship of 2015 and 2016 (n = 48) were analysed using a range of validated operational definitions measuring 17 variables. Differences between winning and losing performance were tested using a Mann-Whitney U test.Across all grades, six variables proved significant (p < 0.05), three were directly related to scoring (points, number of scores and total score), the others related to the effective use of possession (possession: scores ratio; turnover rate and productivity (scores per possession)). Several others are specific to certain grades, and are directly linked to successful performance at that level.Our findings can be used by club coaches and analysts as comparable profiles for measuring team performance and targeting improvements associated with successful performance.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2018.1517291

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