Combine performance, draft position and playing position are poor predictors of player career outcomes in the Australian Football League

Gogos, Benjamin J.; Larkin, Paul; Haycraft, Jade Alexandra Ziems; Collier, Neil; Robertson, Sam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234400

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“…In addition, although score difference has not been previously considered by women's AF research, a study of match margin in the AFL found that a greater winning margin increases players' effective skill involvements and reduces their defensive pressure on opponents (23). As such, the present finding supports the use of the ranking points algorithm by Champion Data for the AFLW; however, it should be noted that the construct validity of ranking points has not yet been verified for either the AFL or AFLW (13).…”

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Contextual Factors Influencing Physical Activity and Technical Performance in Australian Football League Women's Competition Match-Play

Leabeater

Coutts

Clarke

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Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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Leabeater, A, Clarke, A, and Sullivan, C. Contextual factors influencing physical activity and technical performance in AFLW competition match-play. J Strength Cond Res 37(1): 194–199, 2023—The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of contextual factors on physical activity and technical match performance during Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) competition match-play. The study was of a retrospective longitudinal design and used physical activity and technical data collected from female Australian Football players (n = 49) from 1 team during 23 AFLW competition games over 3 seasons. A three-level linear mixed model was constructed to investigate the influence of different contextual factors (match-related variables) on relative total distance (TD), relative high-speed running (HSR) distance, and ranking points during AFLW match-play. The results showed that from season 1 to season 3, relative TD increased by 2.0 m·min−1 (ES: 0.06 [−0.04 to 0.16], p < 0.05) and relative HSR increased by 4.1 m·min−1 (ES: 0.22 [0.14–0.31], p < 0.001). Interstate matches were associated with a reduction of 5.1 m·min−1 per match in TD (ES: −0.21 [−0.30 to −0.12], p < 0.001) and 2.5 m·min−1 in HSR distance (ES: −0.22 [−0.31 to −0.13], p < 0.001). Total disposals were associated with a 0.23 m·minute−1 reduction in HSR for that player (ES: −0.13 [−0.22 to 0.04], p < 0.01). Match margin was the only contextual factor to influence ranking points/min (0.007 AU·min−1, ES: 0.30 [0.21–0.38], p < 0.001). In conclusion, this study shows that player physical activity may be reduced during interstate AFLW matches; the average HSR has increased since the start of the AFLW competition and may reflect increasing match activity profiles, and players have a greater rate of accumulation of ranking points when the score difference is greater.

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Contextual Factors Influencing Physical Activity and Technical Performance in Australian Football League Women's Competition Match-Play

Leabeater

Coutts

Clarke

et al. 2021

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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“…However, unidimensional assessment models are weak predictors of team selection and match performance. Gogos et al (2020) investigated 1,488 drafted players between 1999 and 2016. They found physical and anthropometric testing results could only explain 4% of matches played and 3% of in-game performance measures with individual combine tests only explaining <2% of the matches played.…”

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Talent Identification and Development in Sports Performance

2022

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“…Each of the second-tier leagues and their specific inclusion within the study are presented in Table 1. The CD ranking points were utilised as the objective measure of player performance in this study due to its availability across each of the eleven leagues/competitions, as well as its previous use in the AF notational literature (Gogos, Larkin, Haycraft, Collier, & Robertson, 2020;Hiscock, Dawson, Phillips, Mitchell, & Barake, 2016;Sullivan, Kempton, Ward, & Coutts, 2020). The CD ranking points are produced by statistics provider CD (Champion Data Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia), and measure a player's performance by awarding players a fixed value for specific performance actions.…”

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Apples and oranges? Comparing player performances between the Australian Football League and second-tier leagues

McIntosh

Jackson²,

Robertson

2021

Journal of Sports Sciences

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This study developed a model to determine the extent to which player performance objectively differs between various Australian football (AF) leagues. Champion Data (CD) ranking points were obtained during the 2016-2019 seasons, for all players across the Australian Football League (AFL) and the ten main second-tier AF leagues. Data pertaining to each player's age, playing position and the AF leagues in which they competed in were also collected. Phase One investigated the difference between the AFL and the senior second-tier leagues in which AFL affiliate teams participate in. Post-hoc tests indicated that objective player performance was substantially different between the AFL and each of the four senior second-tier leagues (effects ranging from 16.8 to 21.6 CD ranking points).Phase Two investigated the difference between the second-tier leagues from which players are traditionally drafted by an AFL club. Post-hoc tests indicated that objective player performance was substantially different between the four senior second-tier leagues as well as the under-18 national championships, in comparison to each of the reserve and under-18 state leagues. Professional sporting organisations may utilise the methods provided here as an example of what could be implemented to support decisions regarding player contracting, recruitment and team selection.

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Combine performance, draft position and playing position are poor predictors of player career outcomes in the Australian Football League

Cited by 15 publications

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Contextual Factors Influencing Physical Activity and Technical Performance in Australian Football League Women's Competition Match-Play

Contextual Factors Influencing Physical Activity and Technical Performance in Australian Football League Women's Competition Match-Play

Talent Identification and Development in Sports Performance

Apples and oranges? Comparing player performances between the Australian Football League and second-tier leagues

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