Sunday, February 17, 2008
Acceleration/deceleration Threshold
It is possible that the number of accelerations and decelerations a player performs in a multi sprint sport (soccer/netball/basketball/hockey etc) is the most potent predictor of athletic performance. There is a need to research this further and with GPS equipment it is possible. I advocate that an acceleration/deceleration threshold and training to increase this threshold maybe a very important advancement in training for team sports. It all makes sense to as straight line running in training involves only small if any acceleration/deceleration and this is why a player wont be fit or match fit as they maybe aerobically fit and their anaerobic threshold may improve but there is no training or the acceleration/deceleration threshold. I am interested in your views on this topic
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That's a really interesting thought. I train volleyball players, and thinking about it now, it's just as important to be able to stop and start again as is overall quickness.
How would you train that?
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