Assessments of agility, essentially requires tests of change of direction and/ or manoeuvrability in response to stimuli, whereby the athlete’s ‘perceptual-cognitive’ abilities along with…
Readers of our posts will be well-versed by now in the multi-directional requirements of team sport athletes. Between our contributors, we have extensively covered topics that have highlighted…
In my previous two blogs I discussed the intricacies of horizontal deceleration and why it is the most mechanically demanding task in multi-directional sports. Despite its clear importance to…
Introduction Linear sprinting is an important action in match deciding events of field-based sports such as soccer. However, time-motion studies in soccer reveal that not all sprints are…
Overview Fitness testing (i.e., testing the components of fitness related to sports performance and injury) helps drive physical preparation strategies to improve performance and mitigate…
MDS encompasses various sub-components, including perceptual factors, decision-making, and change of direction speed. Breaking down these components helps in identifying the specific…
To ensure optimal preparation of athletes competing in multi-directional sports, an essential starting point is to gain a thorough understanding of the demands an athlete may be exposed to…
In this blog I wanted to discuss the topic of reporting inter-limb asymmetries for performance and rehabilitation. This post essentially builds on a previous article led by Thomas Dos’Santos…
Development of change of direction ability is important to provide the physical and technical foundation to develop agility (Nimphius et al., 2016a). Therefore, it is important for strength…
Elite soccer players are fitter, faster, and stronger than ever before. This has facilitated the evolution of an exciting modern game that is being played at higher speeds with more dense…
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