Rapid horizontal accelerations and decelerations are crucial events enabling the changes of
velocity and direction integral to sports involving random intermittent multi-directional …

Understanding the physical qualities of athletes can lead to improved training prescription,
monitoring, and ranking. Consequently, testing and profiling athletes is an important aspect …

This study aimed to assess acute and residual changes in sprint-related hamstring injury
(HSI) risk factors after a football (soccer) match, focusing on recovery within the commonly …

Background Short-sprint (≤ 20 m) performance is an important quality for success in the
football codes. Therefore, developing an evidence base for understanding training methods …

Understanding the relationship between mechanical variables derived from actions such as
jumping, sprinting, or ballistic bench press throwing and sport-specific performance moves is …

This review provides a definition for multidirectional speed (MDS) and evaluates its technical
and mechanical underpinnings. This review explores each component of MDS while …

Context and objective Players must be capable to have a good change-of-direction (COD)
skill aiming to be the fastest as possible to react immediately to the opponent or even to help …

This study aimed to assess movements occurring during goal scoring situations in a female
professional league. Data from all the goals on the Women's Super League 2018/2019 were …

Abstract Suchomel, TJ, McKeever, SM, and Comfort, P. Training with weightlifting
derivatives: The effects of force and velocity overload stimuli. J Strength Cond Res 34 (7) …

This study aimed to assess the association of the mechanical variables derived from the
force-velocity (FV) profile (ie theoretical maximal force [F 0], velocity [V 0] and maximal …