Deceleration

Don’t Speed Up What You Can’t Slow Down: How Are We Assessing Our Athlete’s Horizontal Deceleration Performance Capabilities?

In my previous two blogs I discussed the intricacies of horizontal deceleration and why it is the most mechanically demanding task in multi-directional sports. Despite its clear importance to sports…

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

To ensure optimal preparation of athletes competing in multi-directional sports, an essential starting point is to gain a thorough understanding of the demands an athlete may be exposed to during competitive match play.

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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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Deceleration

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

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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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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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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The Deceleration ‘Vaccine’ in Team Sports

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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Don’t Speed Up What You Can’t Slow Down: How Are We Assessing Our Athlete’s Horizontal Deceleration Performance Capabilities?

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

Assessing Change of Direction Qualities in the Field

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

Are You Missing a Step When Coaching Change of Directions? The Importance of the Penultimate Foot Contact for Performance and Injury Risk Mitigation

Creating Technical Frameworks to Aid the Coaching of Agility Actions

The Deceleration ‘Vaccine’ in Team Sports

Don’t Speed Up What You Can’t Slow Down: How Are We Assessing Our Athlete’s Horizontal Deceleration Performance Capabilities?

Curve Your Speed: Biomechanical Insights Into Developing Curvilinear Running Speed

Testing: What is it Good For?

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

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