Multi-Directional Speed

Biomechanical Determinants of Performance and Injury Risk During Change of Direction – An Optimal Technical Model to Mediate the Conflict

Balancing the Speed-Safety Tightrope in Multidirectional Sport: Mediating the Performance-Injury Conflict During Change of Direction Every time an athlete plants their foot to change direction, they enter a high-stakes negotiation…

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18 min

Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Demands of Change of Direction: Implications for Athlete Physical Preparation

Change of Direction (COD) actions are complex, multiplanar skills that frequently define decisive moments in competitive sport. Whether facilitating a match-winning evasion or occurring during an injury-inciting event, these manoeuvres…

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22 min

Developing Agile Athletes: Applying the Agility Development Framework in Practice

Agility actions—including side-steps, shuffle steps, crossover cuts, split-steps, spins, sharp turns, and decelerations—are critical manoeuvres in multidirectional sports, frequently determining match-winning moments (Dos’Santos et al., 2022; Martínez Hernández et al.,…

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26 min

Effects of Fatigue Induced by Sprinting on Biomechanics and Potential Hamstring Injury Risk

Introduction As of today (January 2025), hamstring injuries are still considered one of the biggest injury dilemmas in sprint-based team sports such as football 1, rugby sevens 2, American football…

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14 min

An Analysis Of The Musculoskeletal Forces Experienced During Horizontal Decelerations In Multi-directional Sports

Introduction Horizontal decelerations are movements during which the horizontal momentum of the body is reduced; for example, to slow down after a sprint or to prepare for a cutting or…

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20 min

Eccentric Strength Training for Improving Horizontal Deceleration Ability: The use of the Braking Performance Framework

In a previous post, written for Science of Multi-Directional Speed, I highlighted the very high forces that are generated across very short time frames (i.e., impulse) when decelerating rapidly. I…

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15 min

Sprint Force-Velocity Profiling: Where Do We Go From Here?

Part 1 of our exploration into the sprint force-velocity-power (FVP) profiling method highlighted both promise and confusion within the field of linear sprint performance analysis. We demonstrated the method’s emergence…

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14 min

Fast To Fit: Why A Speed Based Approach Can Help Weaponise ACL Rehab

Speed training both in general and within rehab settings has gained considerable exposure recently, with many practitioners and athletes across team sports now beginning to recognise the benefits of implementing…

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17 min

Hamstring Conditioning Strategies for Injury Risk Reduction and Performance

Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) can account for 20% of the absence days caused by injury within team sports (2, 7-9), with an incidence rates currently increasing (9). A primary mechanism…

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Mechanical Considerations in Hamstring Strain Injuries

Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are one of the most frequent time-loss injuries in sprint-based sports. They account for 19% of all injuries in football and are reported to result in…

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Biomechanical Determinants of Performance and Injury Risk During Change of Direction – An Optimal Technical Model to Mediate the Conflict

Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Demands of Change of Direction: Implications for Athlete Physical Preparation

Developing Agile Athletes: Applying the Agility Development Framework in Practice

Effects of Fatigue Induced by Sprinting on Biomechanics and Potential Hamstring Injury Risk

An Analysis Of The Musculoskeletal Forces Experienced During Horizontal Decelerations In Multi-directional Sports

Eccentric Strength Training for Improving Horizontal Deceleration Ability: The use of the Braking Performance Framework

Sprint Force-Velocity Profiling: Where Do We Go From Here?

Fast To Fit: Why A Speed Based Approach Can Help Weaponise ACL Rehab

Hamstring Conditioning Strategies for Injury Risk Reduction and Performance

Mechanical Considerations in Hamstring Strain Injuries

Biomechanical Determinants of Performance and Injury Risk During Change of Direction – An Optimal Technical Model to Mediate the Conflict

Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Demands of Change of Direction: Implications for Athlete Physical Preparation

Developing Agile Athletes: Applying the Agility Development Framework in Practice

T-Junction Injuries of the Biceps Femoris: Anatomy, Diagnosis, and Rehabilitation Evolution

The Importance, Challenges, and Developments of Biomechanical Load Measurements in Multidirectional Sports