BURNOUT Myth or Reality

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BURNOUTMyth or Reality?
Theory to Practice

• Dr. Eugene Young, Sports Institute Northern
  Ireland
• National Conference
• DCU, November 2004

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Two words to describe yourself now?
Tired
Anxious
Dry Throat Mouth
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Eyeball a Player you think is burnout?
Keep him or her in your minds eyes
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There is a turf war going on between coaches who
are focused on the team and themselves and not
the individual.
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Facts - The player

• ..Joe here Eugene should have contacted you
  long time before this but I tried phoning,sorry
  about not getting in contact.
• Its wild hard to get time for this even when its
  only once a month.

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• Since I started in (the college) I have Freshers,
  Sigerson, County U21 and when I come home Ive
  got Club training. Our championship is still
  delayed.
• (November)
• Ive tried explaining what Im at up in Belfast
  but he (club manager) doesnt really get the
  meaning of what is happening!

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• I would love to continue but with U21 county now
  at full pace, I cant see how Im gonna squeeze
  it in.
• This weekend alone I played a Sigerson game on
  Friday and then two County U21 games one on
  Saturday and then another on Sunday.
• I was pretty f after it! I would appreciate
  any advice on what to do.

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Where does the PLAYER stands along this continuum?
Challenge to check that PLAYERS decisions are
sound
Bring hope help the PLAYER move in small steps
SENSIBLE COACH
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Case Study Sports Institute Squad
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Musculoskeletal Screening

• Poor Postural Alignment
• Poor Joint Range of Motion
• Flexibility bad
• Stability/Movement Control poor
• Carrying Previous/Current Injury

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Range of Movement
60
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120
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How are we Managing Talented Players
Management/ Coach can make or break talent
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Challenge for the Coach
Treat everyone in the team as an individual?
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As CoachConcur with Previous Speakers

• Medical Opinion well informed
• Psychological Impact evident in other sports
• Maslach Jackson (1984) Coakley (1992) Lemer
  (1991) Eades (1991) (Brewer et al., 1993)
• Tools to monitor workload and inform coaches
• Need Research to confirm the reality in Gaelic
  Games

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Burnout and the Coach

• Perhaps the most overlooked group of burnout
  sufferers are coaches, who are often subject to
  stress and anxiety comparable to that of their
  charges (Kelley et. Al 1999)

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Challenge for the Coach-Burnout!
Social
Medical
Psychological
Physiology
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Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (UUPS)
2002

• Over training
• Chronic Fatigue in athletes
• Sports Fatigue syndrome
• Staleness
• Burnout

Incidence ? About 10 in endurance
athletes Budgett 2004 (FHS)
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Normal Training Fatigue (over reaching)

• Player training hard may suffer from under
  performance
• Recover with a one or two week taper
• Where under performance persists for more than
  two weeks then UUPS
• (Budgett 2004)

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The Coach Aware of the symptoms UUPS

• Underperformance
• Fatigue
• Depression loss of motivation
• Sleep disturbance wake unrefreshed
• Increased anxiety and irritability
• Loss of appetitive and weight
• Frequent Minor infections, colds
• Light head and Raised Resting Pulse Rate