Change of Direction 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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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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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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16 min

Plyometric Training: Importance for Multi-directional Speed Development and Injury Prevention

Overview Plyometric is a combination of Greek words that literally means to increase measurement (plio = more; metric = measure), and plyometric training (PT) are methods which involves the stretch…

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

Assessments of agility, essentially requires tests of change of direction and/ or manoeuvrability in response to stimuli, whereby the athlete’s ‘perceptual-cognitive’ abilities along with their ability to move quickly (perceptual-motor…

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From Straight Lines to Sharp Turns: Evaluating Physical Qualities Essential for Multi-Directional Speed

MDS encompasses various sub-components, including perceptual factors, decision-making, and change of direction speed. Breaking down these components helps in identifying the specific cognitive, biomechanical, technical, and physical requirements of each…

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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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Change of Direction Speed

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

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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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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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

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

Plyometric Training: Importance for Multi-directional Speed Development and Injury Prevention

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

From Straight Lines to Sharp Turns: Evaluating Physical Qualities Essential for Multi-Directional Speed

Assessing Change of Direction Qualities in the Field

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

Optimising Cutting Attacking Agility Actions: Technique Guidelines

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