Ian Jeffreys

PhD ASCC,
PhD, ASCC FNSCA,CSCS
FNSCA CSCS*D
D, NSCA CPT
CPT*D
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IS SPEED IMPORTANT?
IS THERE A
BETTER
WAY?
 WHAT IS OUR GOAL?
“If we don’t know where were going, any road will
get us there!!”

SPEED? AGILITY?
SPEED IN RUGBY?
AGILITY IN RUGBY?
RUGBY IS MOVEMENT
 GAMESPEED
Gamespeed is context specific, where an athlete
maximises their sports performance via the application
of sport specific movement of optimal velocity,
velocity
precision, efficiency and control in anticipation of, and
in response
p to,, the keyy p
perceptual
p stimuli,, and skill
requirements of the game.
START WITH THE END IN MIND
 WHAT WE NEED
Athletes with the physical and skill
capacities to carry out effective movements,
and with the cognitive capacities to make
effective decisions in both low and high
pressure settings.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING
Perception

Motor action Cognitive

application processing

Motor action
selection
 GAMESPEED CONSTRAINTS
COGNITIVE CONSTRAINTS
Anticipation ORGANISMAL
PERCEPTUAL CONTRAINTS
CONSTRAINTS Pattern recognition
g
Strength power
Gaze control Concentration
characteristics
Focus Problem solving
Anthropometry
Attention Fibre type

MOTOR CONTROL
TASK CONSTRAINTS
CONSTRAINTS
Aim of task
GAMESPEED Motor pattern development
Rules of task
Motor pattern selection
Equipment
Motor pattern adjustments
WILL THIS BE
EFFECTIVE?
 A COMBINED APPROACH!

Physical based Skill based

Methods dominated Process dominated
Quantifiable Difficult to quantify
Physiological emphasis Motor control emphasis
Understand the context
Identifying basic movement patterns.
Identifying key tasks.
Identifying indicators of performance.
Specific task constraints.
Reverse engineering.
 TARGET CLASSIFICATIONS
Target
T t functions
f ti
Target movements
Target mechanics
Target context

The classifications provide a framework around which to

build a Gamespeed development programme.
 TARGET FUNCTIONS
What are we trying to achieve?

ACTUALISATION INITIATION TRANSITION

• Maximising • Starting • Waiting to react

movement quantity movement/changing
direction
 ACTUALISATION
• Acceleration
RUNNING • Maximum speed
• Linear/curved

SPORT
• Linked to movement
SKILLS
 INITIATION
• To the front
Starting • To the side
• To the rear

Changing • To the front/back

Direction • To the side
 TRANSITION
STATIC • Athletic
Athl ti position
iti

• Jockeying
• Laterally
MOVING • To the rear
• Diagonally
• Forwards

• Linear
DECELERATING
• Lateral
TARGET
RG MECHANICS
C CS

THE DRILL WILL NOT PRODUCE THE DESIRED

RESULTS IN ITSELF.
 MECHANICAL FACTORS

• Centre off Mass

FORCE
• Base of support
• Magnitude
• Line of force
• R t off d
Rate development
l t
• Direction
• Transmission

STABILITY
DEVELOPING GAMESPEED
 Physical
development

Technical
T h i l
Application
development

GAMESPEED
TRAINING
COMPONENTS
THE GAMESPEED TRIAD

Quality
development

Quality Quality
coaching practice
QUALITY DEVELOPMENT
THE GAMESPEED JOURNEY
AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS!

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Gamespeed
d

Basic Skills
THE MOVEMENT SYLLABUS
(THE GAMESPEED SYSTEM)

Perform sport
p
specific movements
in game context

l sport specific
Develop f
movements in game context

Develop
D l key k movementt combinations,
bi ti
move from closed to open drills
focussing on sports generic movements.

Develop general and stable fundamental

movement patterns
QUALITY PRACTICE
EFFECTIVE GAMSPEED PRACTICE
Strategic
At edge of capacity
Problem solving
High
g cognitive
g activity.
y
Repeated
QUALITY COACHING
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
TURE

TION

TION
• Head position. • Direction • Foot
• Postural • Amplitude placement
alignment. RM ACT • Lever arm • Foot contact

EG ACT
POST

• Hip
Hi action.
i • Force • Movement
M
• Compensatory direction
movements. • Lever arm

LE
• BoS/CoM
oS/Co • Movement
o e e t
AR

amplitude
 SUMMARY
Break down “Gamespeed”
Gamespeed .
Have clear session objectives.
Set up effective goal driven practices.
Design
g exercises that achieve the goal.
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COACH,COACH,COACH.
ANY QUESTIONS

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