Performance Analysis. One of the key skills in Gaelic football and one that I have watched this player perform is scoring a Point/Goal.

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One of the key skills in Gaelic football and one that I have watched this player perform is scoring a Point/Goal.

The phases of movement for scoring in Gaelic Football are:

  1. Receiving the ball
  2. The take off
  3. The execution of the shot
  4. The overall efficiency

The players concentration on getting possession of the ball were overall quite good, she set out to receive the ball and she did this by making her self available and free from her opponent. She did this by being one step ahead of her opponent at all times. She displayed good agility (the power of moving quickly and easily), reaction time (The interval of time between application of a stimulus and detection of a response) and also that she had a good percentage of Type 2b Fast Glycolytic muscle fibres in her legs (these group of muscle fibres tire easily but have a high force and speed of contraction. These factors make them essential in an explosive action such as a short sprint.)

        After receiving the ball she continued on smoothly to carry out her task as a forward (which is to score) she took the required amount of steps aloud which is four, she then executed her shot. When doing so she displayed that she had good balance and coordination.

        The player showed a wide range of motion at the hip joint when she took her shot. This portrayed to me that the performer had good range of flexibility, which had obviously been exercised to bring it to a high level, in a non trained athlete their flexibility would not have been at standard. She had full extension of the leg, and carried out the score ; she took the run-up, looked up at the goal posts, then lined her toe up to where she wanted the ball to go and scored a point. The force behind the kick came from the strong core strength of the player and the leg muscles. The muscles in contracted in two different ways firstly when pulling your leg back towards the Gluteus maximus which is known as a concentric contraction (When the muscle shortens while lengthening) and then pushing it forward again to contract eccentrically (When the muscle lengthens yet still contracts).

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        A good level of core Stability is evident in this player as she is strong and not easily tired when carrying out a task.

        Overall I would say that this player performed the skill of scoring a point/goal very effectively and efficiently.

        In general this was a strong performance from this player she was able to perform the skills of the game constantly and well under pressure for example when running out to receive the ball and dodging her opponent she “kept her cool” and did not hesitate just because she was being closely marked by her defender, sometimes ...

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