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Multi-Directional Speed

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Multi-directional speed can be defined as having the competency and capacity to accelerate, decelerate, change direction, and ultimately maintain speed in multiple directions and movements, within the context of sports-specific scenarios.

  • Agility
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  • Multi-Directional Speed

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

  • Damian Harper
  • 6 January 2023
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In this blog I wanted to bring special attention to the importance of horizontal deceleration ability to speed performance and injury-risk reduction in multi-directional speed (MDS) sports. This post essentially…
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  • Change of Direction Speed

Biomechanically Informed Training Strategies for Injury Risk Mitigation for Change of Direction

  • Paul Jones
  • 5 August 2022
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In a recent blog we highlighted the importance of strength qualities for change of direction largely from a performance perspective. Change of direction actions are of course associated with numerous…
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  • Athletic Monitoring
  • Growth and Maturation
  • Multi-Directional Speed

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

  • Alistair McBurnie
  • 1 July 2022
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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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  • 16 min
  • Growth and Maturation
  • Multi-Directional Speed

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

  • Alistair McBurnie
  • 6 June 2022
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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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  • Agility
  • Change of Direction Speed

Optimising Cutting Attacking Agility Actions: Technique Guidelines

  • Tom Dos'Santos
  • 6 May 2022
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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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  • Athletic Development
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The Importance of Strength Qualities for Change of Direction

  • Chris Thomas
  • 14 April 2022
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In a previous post, we introduced technical frameworks to aid the coaching of agility actions and provided a brief overview of this concept. Although agility may be a global concept,…
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  • Change of Direction Speed
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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

  • Tom Dos'Santos
  • 4 March 2022
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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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  • Change of Direction Speed
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Creating Technical Frameworks to Aid the Coaching of Agility Actions

  • Paul Jones
  • 4 February 2022
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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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  • Athletic Assessment
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Why Screen Side-Step Cutting Movement Quality? Implementing the Cutting Movement Assessment Score

  • Tom Dos'Santos
  • 7 January 2022
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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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  • Athletic Monitoring
  • Deceleration

The Deceleration ‘Vaccine’ in Team Sports

  • Alistair McBurnie
  • 3 December 2021
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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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    Horizontal Deceleration Ability: A Critical, but often Overlooked Quality for Speed Performance and Injury-Risk Reduction in Multi-Directional Sports
    • 6 January 2023
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    Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 2 – Training Strategies andProgramming Solutions
    • 9 December 2022
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    Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 1 – Physiological and Biomechanical Theories
    • 4 November 2022
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    Programming Resistance Training to Improve Sports Performance and Injury Resilience
    • 9 October 2022
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    The Importance and Principles of Resistance Training
    • 9 September 2022
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