Athletic Assessment

Assessing Inter-limb Asymmetries: Should We Bother?

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 where…

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20 min

Assessing Change of Direction Qualities in the Field

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 and conditioning…

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17 min

Creating Technical Frameworks to Aid the Coaching of Agility Actions

An important part of multidirectional speed development is the enhancement of technique of speed and agility related actions involved in match play (e.g., sprinting, curvilinear sprinting, side-step cutting, pivoting, etc.).…

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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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Assessing Inter-limb Asymmetries: Should We Bother?

Assessing Change of Direction Qualities in the Field

Creating Technical Frameworks to Aid the Coaching of Agility Actions

Why Screen Side-Step Cutting Movement Quality? Implementing the Cutting Movement Assessment Score

Deceleration: The Most Mechanically Demanding Task in Multi-Directional Sports?

Assessing Inter-limb Asymmetries: Should We Bother?

Assessing Change of Direction Qualities in the Field

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

Horizontal Deceleration Ability: A Critical, but often Overlooked Quality for Speed Performance and Injury-Risk Reduction in Multi-Directional Sports