Damian Harper, PhD

Methods of ECCENTRIC strength training for … ✔️ Enhancing horizontal DECELERATION The use of flywheel training could be particularly beneficial - why? 🤔 ➡️ Blog: humanbrakingperformance.com/developing-ecc… @go_exxentric

Do you contribute to rehabilitation practices in men’s professional football? ⚽️ If so, could you please take a short time to complete the survey below. Your opinions and experiences would be much appreciated 🤔🙏👇🏻

Great to see our article as most downloaded in Journal of Sports Sciences in past year! 🙏 📖 Forces experienced at different levels of the musculoskeletal system during horizontal decelerations Check it out below (free open access)👇🏻

The Braking Performance Framework: Practical Recommendations and Guidelines to Enhance Horizontal Deceleration Ability in Multi-Directional Sports, By Damian Harper et al. @DHMov journal.iusca.org/index.php/Jour…

🚨 Great to see our new article now accepted in IJSSC Factors differentiating change of direction performance in @NCAA Power 4 male basketball athletes 🏀 Excellently led by Adam Petway with @Dr_DanielCohen @OlaAthletic1080 @1080motion Out soon 👀 #deceleration #COD #NBA 🇺🇸

Biomechanical and neuromuscular requirements of HORIZONTAL DECELERATION ✔️ Biomechanical demands/determinants ✔️ Strength qualities AIM: Outline performance implications for multi-directional speed sports and future research needs. FREE OPEN ACCESS: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC94…

Congratulations to Dr @MindcraftPerf who passed his DProf in Elite Performance VIVA today 👨‍🎓 His thesis investigated ‘the assessment & development of psychosocial skills in male English academy soccer’ @Uni_Lancashire Thanks to examiners @YiannakiChris & Andrew Cruickshank

New research paper Relationship between reactive strength and sprint acceleration performance and kinematics 🔸24 field sport athletes 🔸RSI & CT via 10-5 RJT 🔸30m speed test (5/10/20/30m splits) 🔸Stride length & frequency 🔸Sprint-CT 🔸Velocity / step

Such a key skill to train and a key area in injury rehab - particularly with pre-season about to start. Can’t decelerate? Then you can’t change direction… 💥

DECELERATION IN SPORT... 📌Biomechanical & Physiological Demands ⬇️ 📌Performance & Injury-Risk Implications Summary table presented in... Multi-Directional Speed in Sport Edited by @PaulAJonesUoS & @TomDosSantos91

⚽️ Medical and Performance Practitioners in men’s professional football/soccer worldwide 🌍 We’re conducting a survey into rehabilitation practices and would like to invite you to participate. 👉 lnkd.in/e5u8Yzeh Please reshare and thank you! linkedin.com/posts/ben-dixo…

Fantastic few days in Vienna with @jb_morin Acceleration and deceleration workshop with @CoachingEins covering all things deceleration training plus assessment using the @PhotonSports radar device Great to meet old and new and chat about new research avenues #braking #perform

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📢 Our Next Blog is Live! 💥 An Analysis of the Musculoskeletal Forces Experienced During Horizontal Decelerations in Multi-Directional Sports In this in-depth breakdown, we explore: 🦵 The key musculoskeletal demands of deceleration ⚖️ The role of eccentric strength and joint…

Elite football of 2030 will not be the same as that of 2020 ‼️ ⚽️ What has evolved and what needs to evolve❓🤔 #precision #monitoring #loading #braking #performance #health

“This study aimed to investigate the perception of soccer strength and conditioning coaches on the importance of upper body strength training for the performance of high-intensity actions.” By Curovic, I., Grecic, D., Rhodes, D., Alexander, J., & Harper, D. (2025). Read the…