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Density plot of the 3007 shots taken from open play categorised according to the level of physical pressure applied when taking the shot.
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Analysis of 3926 shots from the 2019 Senior inter-county football championship aims to establish the impact of distance, angle, shot type, method and pressure on shot success. Findings demonstrate that shots from free kicks contribute 20.5% of the total attempts in Gaelic football, with a success rate of 75%, in contrast to 50% success of shots fro...
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... average distance of lowpressure shots was 31.9 m, while medium shots were from an average distance of 29.2 m, and high-pressure shots from 21.7 m. While high-pressure shots were more successful than medium pressure shots, they were taken from an average of 7.5 m closer to goal (Figure 2). ...
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... The influence of situational constraints on task performance is well established. For example, McGuigan et al. (14) reported that, when characteristics such as distance and angle to the target were held constant, close proximity of an opponent reduced the probability of a score in high performance Gaelic football. Additionally, in basketball, pressure from opposition defenders has been shown to negatively impact on shot success in a number of basketball studies (15)(16)(17). ...
... Gaelic football is an ideal natural laboratory for the investigation of bilateral skill symmetry because both hands and feet of both sides of the body may be used to complete the multiple skills involved in gaining, carrying and distributing possession, and attempting to score. Furthermore, given the importance of efficient use of possession to success in Gaelic football (14), it seems logical that being bilaterally skilled would be advantageous. ...
... While data on performance within close proximity of an opponent is limited due to how infrequently players were under pressure when executing a skill, the effect of opposition pressure was especially evident with MT1 players when shooting. The differences in shot success, compared to the other three tiers, whilst under increased pressure, support previous findings in basketball and Gaelic Football (14,16,17,(31)(32)(33) which found that the highest shooting efficiency can be reached when a team executes a shot without the presence of opposition players putting pressure on the shot. However, given the rarity with which players are under pressure when executing three of the skills analysed, one could question the importance in having the ability to use the non-dominant side for these three skills. ...
Background: Bilateral skill in sport refers to an individual’s ability to successfully perform sporting actions with both sides of the body. Two scarcely researched areas in relation to bilateral skills are the effects of opposition proximity on skill execution and bilateral skill in high-performance female athletes. Methods: All skill executions (hand pass, kick pass, hop, solo and shot) during 121 games (76 male, 45 female) were coded using Nacsport, with the participants including male and female tier 1 (n = 181, 134) and Tier 2 (n = 238, 115) adult, high performance Gaelic football players. Irrespective of tier or gender, Gaelic football players relied upon their dominant side for the majority of skill executions. Results: No consistent differences existed between tiers and genders in relation to dominant side use, but top tier male players were generally less reliant on the dominant limb than all female players. In general, top tier male players performed more successfully than the other three tiers. Most skills were executed under low opponent proximity, limiting the requirement to use the non-dominant limb. Conclusions: These findings illustrate the demands of Gaelic football in relation to bilateral skill and identify key questions for future research.
Bilateral skill symmetry in sport refers to an individual’s ability to successfully perform sporting actions with both sides of the body. Two scarcely researched areas in relation to bilateral skills are the effects of opposition proximity on skill execution and bilateral skill in high-performance female athletes. In this study, we used Nacsport to code all skill executions (hand pass, kick pass, hop, solo and shot) during 121 games by both male and female participants (76 male, 45 female), classified as Tier 1 ( n = 181, 134) and Tier 2 ( n = 238, 115) high performance, adult Gaelic Football players. Irrespective of the participants’ tier group or gender, these players relied upon their dominant side for most skill executions (Kick Pass Dominant Foot Mdn: MT1 = 90%, MT2 = 98.6%, FT1 = 100%, FT2 = 100%; Solo Dominant Foot: Mdn MT1 = 95%, MT2 = 97.3%, FT1: 100%, FT2: 100%; Hand Pass Dominant Hand Mdn: MT1: 83.7%, MT2: 99%, FT1: 95.5%, FT2: 95.5%; Hop Dominant Hand Mdn: MT1: 91.9%, MT2: 94.7%, FT1: 98.1%, FT2: 98.1%; Play Dominant Foot Mdn: MT1: 74.5%, MT2: 94.5%, FT1: 94.7%, FT2: 88.2%). There were no consistent differences between tier groups or genders in relation to dominant side use, but top tier male players were generally less reliant on the dominant limb than were female players from both tiers. In general, top tier male players performed more successfully than either second tier male players or female players in both tiers. Most skills were executed under conditions of low opponent proximity, limiting the requirement for participants to use their non-dominant limbs. These findings illustrate the demands of Gaelic football in relation to bilateral skills, and we identified new research questions for future investigators.
