Developing High Intensity Football – Coaching Practice & Intensity

1. Developing High Intensity Football – Coaching Practice & Intensity (Tony Scullion, Terence McWilliams & Kevin McGuigan: Ulster GAA)

2. Session Outline

3. Background • What do we mean by ‘intensity’? • What are the visible signs of ‘intensity’? • How do we measure ‘intensity’? • Heart Rate Analysis

4. What is Heart Rate? How Do We Measure Heart Rate? • What is it? • The body’s ‘rev counter’; • ‘Rev Counter’ on a car will tell you how hard your engine is working. • Your heart is ‘the engine’ in your body

5. Demonstration Practical Demonstration of heart rate analysis; A couple of willing volunteers will demonstrate the real time heart rate analysis system; Basic exercises to highlight heart rate response.

6. Heart Rate – Match Data How Does Heart Rate Respond to Match Activities - Midfielder?

7. Heart Rate – Match Data How Does Heart Rate Respond to Match Activities – Half Forward?

8. Heart Rate – Match Data • Over the course of a 60 minute match it is likely the heart will beat in excess 10,000 times; • While the profile of the heart rate may vary based on position, the core results are fairly consistent regardless of position – average HR% = 80-90%; • Does the intensity of our training activities reflect this match data?

9. The Traditional Warm Up

10. The Traditional Warm Up Average Heart Rate – 65% Heart Rate at the end of warm up – 55%

11. The Dynamic Warm Up

12. The Dynamic Warm Up Average Heart Rate – 83% Heart Rate at the end of warm up – 77%

13. Training Activities Traditional Drills; Basic; Straight Lines; Non competitive; Low Intensity;

14. The 8 Point Support Square 4 1 2 • Key Aspects • Support off the shoulder; • Fast Hands; • Good communication; • Pace through the middle; • Vision and awareness 7 3 6 8 5 Support Square

15. The Support Square

16. The Support Square Average Heart Rate – 84%

17. The Support Line The Learning Phase Getting it Right

18. The Support Line Average Heart Rate – 88%

19. Who’s Attacking / Defending?

20. Who’s Attacking / Defending? Average Heart Rate – 91%

21. Box to Box

22. Box to Box Average Heart Rate – 83%

23. Circle Score

24. Circle Score

25. Circle Score Average Heart Rate – 89%

26. The Way Forward • What are the key issues to focus on when designing drills / activities / games? • Work : Rest Ratio; • Active Players v Resting Players; • Sporadic v Linear; • Varied angles; • Varied movement directions; • Varied pass directions; • Pressurised; • Time; • Opposed; • Race.

27. Questions