Touch football was developed from the sport of rugby league and is characterized by speed, agility and endurance. The rectangular playing field measures 70m in length from score line to score line and 50m in width. The on field team consists of 6 players with unlimited substitutions. The game time is 45 minutes with two 20 minute halves and a 5 minute half-time break. Touch football involves short bursts of acceleration where players are required to play at varying speeds for 2-20m. .
Touch football uses 3 energy systems, broken down into 50% anaerobic, 30% aerobic and 20% combination of the two that encompasses the lactic acid system. There are three field positions which include middle, link and wing. The middle, or centre, play in the middle of the field. The links line up outside the centers and the wings take position on the outside. This paper will examine my suitability in playing the position of wing, again, a position where a player can be more aggressive on defense using their speed to run forward in an attempt to snag interceptions or cause fumbles. .
Analysis.
A class of about 19 year 11 girls were timed in the 10m sprint. The average was recorded at 2.58 seconds. My recorded speed was 2.72 seconds, which means that I came in 0.14 seconds below average. In comparison to the female elite wing result of 1.81, my result was a 1 second difference. In the 40m sprint, I ran 8 seconds. Comparing this to the year 11 girls class average of 7.16, a difference of 0.84 seconds, would indicate that my strength would lie in short distances. Overall, the fitness of the year 11 girls was well below that of female elite athletes whose time was stated as 5.61. .
As I was absent from the agility testing, and for the purposes of this report, I will be using data of a fellow peer of similar ability. The year 11 girls average in def. agility for left was 3.28 and for right was 3.27. The female elite athlete for wing position was 2.
