Manager

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Managers Heart Rate in Competition Your Mental
Approach to Games

• Des Jennings (SINI), Kevin McGuigan (Ulster GAA)

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What is Heart Rate?

• What is it?
• The bodys rev counter
• What does it feel like?
• Practical Example 1 (Volunteer)
• How do stress and physical activity affect HR?
• Its far more dangerous when stress causes the
  response because the adrenaline tends to narrow
  the arteries and that could contribute to the
  risk of heart disease. (Dugmore, 2002)

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What Can Affect HR?

• Exercise 2
• In groups of 2 / 3 discuss what events during a
  match YOU THINK can affect / impact upon HR?
• Feedback
• Discussion .

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Picture this....
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Background Dugmore (2002)
Peak HR 160 BPM
Peak HR 120 BPM
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Dugmore (2002)

• Getting your heart to these sorts of levels
  would normally only happen if you had done a
  vigorous work-out in the gym.
• Your heart needs to be fit to withstand those
  surges... ...many managers are former players
  and if they dont take care of themselves, they
  will be at significant risk.

Remember! Its far more dangerous when stress
causes the response because the adrenaline tends
to narrow the arteries and that could contribute
to the risk of heart disease. (Dugmore, 2002)
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The Project - Overview

• 5 Senior Inter-county managers and 2 University
  managers participated
• Each wore a real time HR monitor for the duration
  of the match
• Key incidents were annotated on the system during
  the match
• A total of 17 results were gathered across a
  range of matches of varying intensity
• McKenna Cup
• NFL
• Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Results - Statistics
McKenna Cup (8) NFL (6) USFC (3)
Collective Results (Based on the average across the group) Collective Results (Based on the average across the group) Collective Results (Based on the average across the group) Collective Results (Based on the average across the group)
Peak HR (BPM) 124 157 146
Peak HR () 69 88 83
Average HR (BPM) 94 120 118
Average HR () 52 68 67
Individual Results Individual Results Individual Results Individual Results
Top Peak HR 152 190 166
Low Peak HR 105 138 133
Top Avg HR 111 138 129
Low Avg HR 84 108 110
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Results - Graphs
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Results - Example
Throw In
Half Time
Major Incident
Approximate resting heart rate - 78 BPM
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What Can Affect HR?

• Return to Exercise 2 The Answer
• In groups of 2 / 3 discuss what events during a
  match YOU THINK can affect / impact upon HR?

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Controversial Decision
Heart Rate Peak 190 BPM
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Goal For
Heart Rate Peak 130 BPM
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Penalty For - Goal
Heart Rate Peak 135 BPM
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Goal Against
Heart Rate Peak 130 BPM
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Good Tackling Near Sideline
Heart Rate Peak 130 BPM
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Making Substitution
Heart Rate Peak 115 BPM
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Atmosphere
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Basketball
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The Physiology of Performance
Loss of interest Cynical
Cool under pressure In control
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Generating Coherence synchronising systems
Cognitive
Autonomic Centre
Blood Pressure
Respiratory Centre
Heart
Digestive
System
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Perceptions Emotions profoundly affect
Autonomic Nervous System Balance and Heart Rhythms
FRUSTRATION
90
80
HEART RATE
70
60




APPRECIATION
90
80
HEART RATE
70
60
1
50
100
150
200
TIME (SECONDS)
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Generating Coherence
RESPIRATION
4
2
Resp. Units
0
-2
-4
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
95
90
Heart Rate (BPM)
85
80
75
70
65
BLOOD PRESSURE (PTT)
0.32
0.31
0.30
Time (sec.)
0.29
0.28
0.27
FREEZE-FRAME
0.26
0.25
120
180
240
300
360
420
480
TIME (SECONDS)
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Results

• There was an overall reduction in cortisol levels
  of 9.4 (range -32.8 to 29.6) in the HM group
  compared to an overall increase of 21.1 (range
  -16.1 to 127.9) in the CON group.

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Testimonial

• I found it helpful in helping deal with pressure
  situations such as before big games and even
  before interviews and presentations in
  university.
• Yes, I felt the training taught me to be more in
  touch with my body and helped me channel nervous
  energy into positive energy effectively.
• I found the Heartmath useful to help control my
  heart rate and breathing.
• Tried to use the breathing technique during
  periods of pressure in games and training. If
  this was useful or successful was very hard to
  measure however it did provide a method of
  routine which in turn helped in focussing my
  attention in the present.
• I used it in particular with my kicking practice,
  and found it very useful.

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Case Studies
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Niall OConnor Heart Rate Graph
174
171
167
K3
K2
140
K1
130
123
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Ian Humphreys Heart Rate Graph
165
164
153
K3
K2
K1
147
143
140
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Heartmath

• Practical Exercise 3
• Need very brave volunteer.

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The Haka
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Recommendations

• How do you mentally prepare for games?
• Visualisation
• Mental Rehearsal
• How do you prepare your support team for games?
• Runners / Physio / Doctor / Selectors
• Does everyone know their role on match day?
• Do you prepare for What if Scenarios?
• Not all situations can be controlled, do you have
  contingencies in place for unforeseen
  developments?
• Injuries / Red Cards / Bad Start

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Recommendations

• Are you watching the game rather than engrossed
  in it?
• Learning to take a backward step
• Remove the emotion from the situation
• How fit are you?
• Good fitness levels can help keep a lower heart
  rate
• It can also protect you from a health
  perspective
• Can you regulate your heart rate during the game?
• Breathing techniques
• Relaxation techniques.

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Questions?