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The Positional and Temporal Running Demands of Elite Camogie Players for Total Distance and Peak Speed Metrics
Philip Connors, Des Earls, Declan Browne, Paula Fitzpatrick, Paula Rankin
healthCORE, Department of Science and Health, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Ireland.
philip.connors@itcarlow.ie @philipconnors02
2. Methods:
31 senior inter-county camogie players (age: 23.65 ±3.74 years; height:
167.18 ±6.25cm;body mass: 66.97 ±7.49kg) volunteered to participate.
Players wore 10Hz Playertek (Catapult, Australia) GPS units during all
competitive Championship games, and were split into their positional groups
based on their match playing position (Defenders, Mid-Fielders, Forwards).
Full match datasets were split into 5-minute intervals for analysis.
Analysis was conducted using non-parametric statistical tests, with
significance set at the accepted alpha level p<0.05. Magnitude of effects were
also calculated (Hopkins, 2002).
1. Introduction:
Camogie is a stick and ball field sport game, played by females and
indigenous to Ireland. Previous game demand research has reported on half-
by-half comparisons (Connors et al., 2020; Young et al., 2020). However,
given the use of small-sided games in GAA training practices (Kinnerk et al.,
2019), understanding the running demands of shorter time periods seem
necessary.
Metrics such as total distance (TD) and peak speed are commonly reported to
gain insight into the running demands of players during match-play (Hodun et
al., 2020).
This investigation aimed to quantify the positional and temporal running
demands of inter-county camogie match-play across 5-minute intervals.
The hypothesis is that positional differences will occur, similar to previous
research (Connors et al., 2020; Young et al., 2020), with decrements in
performance noted across time intervals.
0.52 0.48 0.47 0.48 0.46 0.42 0.42 0.45 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.45
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0.20
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Total Distance (km)
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3. Results:
6.26 6.19 6.20 6.09 6.00 5.88 5.95 6.02 5.86 6.05 5.85 5.84
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
Peak Speed (m.s-1)
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4. Conclusion:
Differences exist between positions during camogie match-play, with mid-fielders covering greater TD compared to other
positions (ES= 0.37-0.41), and forwards achieving higher peak speeds (ES= 0.26-0.39). Temporal differences were also
noted, with decreases most notable at the end of the 2nd and 3rd quarter for TD, and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter for peak speed.
Coaches should consider that positional differences exist during camogie match-play when designing training programmes,
while also tactically utilising substitutes during match-play to reduce performance decrements across time.
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Group Defender Mid-Fielder Forward
Total Distance (km)
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6.01 5.96 5.88 6.16
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Group Defender Mid-Fielder Forward
Peak Speed (m.s-1)
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The authors wish to acknowledge the funding of this research by Institute of Technology Carlow President’s Research
Fellowship Scholarship Award. The authors also wish to acknowledge The Camogie Association and respective camogie
squads who participated in this investigation.
5. References:
Connors, P., Earls, D., Browne, D., Fitzpatrick, P., Ra nkin P. (2020). The positional demands of inter-county
camogie. Sport Perf Sci Reports, 104 (1): 1-2.
Hodun, M., Clarke, R., De Ste Croix, M., Hughes, J. (2016). Global positioning system analysis of running
performance in female field sports: A review of the literature. Strength Cond J. 38(2): 49-56.
Hopkins, W. (2002). A scale of magnitudes for effect statistics. In: A new view of statistics. Available at:
https://www.sportsci.org/resource/stats/effectsmag.html.
Kinnerk, P., Harvey, S., Kearney, P., MacDonncha, C., Lyons, M. (2019) An investigation of the self-reported
practice activites and session sequencing of inter-county Gaelic football coaches. Int Sport Coach J. 6(2): 1-9.
Young, D., O’Grady, M., Coratella, G. (2020). T he match-play running performance of elite camogie players
across halves of play. Sport Sci Health.
Figure 1.1 Mean Total Distance covered per position during a typical 5-minute interval of elite camogie match-play.
*significantly different from mid-fielders (p<0.05). Figure 1.3 Mean Total Distance covered across 5-minute intervals of elite camogie match-play.
*significantly different from 0-5min interval (p<0.05).
Figure 1.2 Mean Peak Speed achieved per position during a typical 5-minute interval of elite camogie match-play.
**significantly different from forwards (p<0.05). Figure 1.4 Mean Peak Speed achieved across 5-minute intervals of elite camogie match-play.
**significantly different from 0-5min interval (p<0.05).
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