Alistair McBurnie

Assessing the Speed Qualities of the 360° Team Sport Athlete

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 the critical…

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Faster and Fitter: Developing a Soccer Player’s High-Intensity Movement Profile

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…

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A Framework for Developing Multi-Directional Speed in the Adolescent Soccer Player: Part Two

In our previous article, we provided a theoretical basis and framework for developing multi-directional speed (MDS) in adolescent soccer players. In part-two, we will expand on this with an applied…

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A Framework for Developing Multi-Directional Speed in the Adolescent Soccer Player: Part One

Professional soccer clubs invest significantly into the development of their academy prospects with the hopes of producing elite players. Professional soccer players have become faster over time (Haugen et al.,…

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The Deceleration ‘Vaccine’ in Team Sports

Recently, the Science of Multi-Directional Speed team, in collaboration with our friend Dr Damian Harper, published an article in Sports Medicine, highlighting the potential of high-intensity horizontal decelerations as another…

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Multi-Directional Speed

Multi-Directional Speed in Team Sports

In our previous post, we introduced multi-directional speed (MDS) and provided a brief overview of its components. Although MDS may be seen as a global concept, the classification of sub-components…

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Multi-Directional Speed

Welcome to Science of Multi-Directional Speed

Hello from the Multi-Directional Speed Team and welcome to the first official post of our website! Through this page and our other social media platforms, we aim to provide the…

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Assessing the Speed Qualities of the 360° Team Sport Athlete

Faster and Fitter: Developing a Soccer Player’s High-Intensity Movement Profile

A Framework for Developing Multi-Directional Speed in the Adolescent Soccer Player: Part Two

A Framework for Developing Multi-Directional Speed in the Adolescent Soccer Player: Part One

The Deceleration ‘Vaccine’ in Team Sports

Multi-Directional Speed in Team Sports

Welcome to Science of Multi-Directional Speed

Assessing True ‘Agility’ – The ‘Holy Grail’ of Performance Testing?

Assessing the Speed Qualities of the 360° Team Sport Athlete

Don’t Speed Up What You Can’t Slow Down: How Are We Assessing Our Athlete’s Horizontal Deceleration Performance Capabilities?

Curve Your Speed: Biomechanical Insights Into Developing Curvilinear Running Speed

Testing: What is it Good For?