The Importance and Principles of Resistance Training: Part One
You have never heard a practitioner or coach state the following: “That player would be better if they were just a bit weaker.” But how do we develop our athlete’s…
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Tom Dos'Santos
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Lecturer in Strength & Conditioning/Sports Biomechanics, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Optimising Cutting Attacking Agility Actions: Technique Guidelines
Attacking agility actions, such as side-steps, shuffle steps, crossover cutting, split-steps, spins, sharp turns, and decelerations are important manoeuvres in invasion team-sports, often linked with decisive, match winning moments. Generally,…
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Are You Missing a Step When Coaching Change of Directions? The Importance of the Penultimate Foot Contact for Performance and Injury Risk Mitigation
Directional changes are some of the most exciting and decisive actions performed in multidirectional sports, often performed to deceive and evade opponents or change location on the pitch or court.…
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Why Screen Side-Step Cutting Movement Quality? Implementing the Cutting Movement Assessment Score
1. Introduction In 2017, we developed and validated the Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) field-based screening tool to evaluate side-step cutting movement quality related to potential non-contact ACL injury risk…
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