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The human spine plays a paradoxical role in contemporary sport science and sports medicine discussions. On one hand, it is universally acknowledged as central to posture, movement, and force transmission. On the other, it is frequently framed as a structure that must be protected from load, rotation, and compression. Modern biomechanics challenges this narrative.

Turf toe is far more complex than a simple hyperextension injury. While contact mechanisms remain relevant, a substantial proportion of cases arise from modifiable biomechanical factors such as excessive pronation, functional hallux limitus, restricted FHL glide, and insufficient intrinsic foot strength. Effective prevention and rehabilitation require a comprehensive approach that addresses these underlying mechanisms rather than merely treating symptoms.

Biomechanical evidence strongly supports the view that sprinting is not a series of single‑leg hops. It is a coupled, history‑dependent locomotor system in which stance, flight, and swing phases are highly interconnected. Reducing sprinting to unilateral hopping may simplify coaching narratives, but it obscures the mechanisms that actually govern performance.

Static, constrained movement screening tests like the FMS are built on outdated assumptions about motor control and movement quality. By ignoring variability, degeneracy, and the role of constraints, they fail to capture the essence of athletic movement. Worse, they risk misleading practitioners into overvaluing appearance over function.

If you are serious about integrating force plates and timing gates into one coherent workflow, Strength By Numbers provides a connected solution through the AxIT performance platform.

Skilled movement does not emerge from isolated positions or bio-mechanical landmarks and checkpoints. It is likely the product of temporally organized patterns that the human system naturally stabilizes. Thus, rhythm can be defined as a key feature of skilled human movement and modern coaching practices.

In recent years, hamstring tantrums (also referred to as Swiss‑ball kicks or flutter kicks) have gained popularity, largely supported by EMG studies reporting high levels of hamstring activation during the exercise, and viral trending videos on social media. However, what's important to understand is that muscle activation alone is a poor criterion for judging the usefulness of an exercise.

For decades, the fields of sports science and medicine have operated under a reductionist paradigm. We've often viewed the human body as a collection of parts. However, a growing body of evidence and a shift toward dynamical systems theory suggest that this perspective may be incomplete. This article explores the concept of movement systems, how movement patterns emerge through the interaction of complex constraints, and why "movement solutions" are more important than "ideal

Foot strengthening exercises are inexpensive, easy to perform, and result in significantly better outcomes.

Current evidence suggests that the hamstrings function primarily as an eccentric energy-absorbing brake during the late-swing phase, necessary to decelerate the lower limb and manage loads that exceed isometric capacity. However, the presence of long tendons and specific architectures in muscles like the BFlh ensures that tendon contributions and spring-like behavior are also vital. The issue of hamstring behavior remains complex and multifactorial.

When it comes to locomotion, very few structures can be defined as fundamental in carrying over the responsibility of efficient performance as the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the foot.

The sacroiliac joints (SIJs) are specialised structures that serve as stable yet slightly flexible connections between the lower limbs and the rest of the body, allowing efficient force transmission. These joints are large, flat, and combine both synovial and fibrous elements. Their highly congruent surfaces offer considerable friction, and strong ligaments further support their function, resulting in effective force transfer with minimal movement (Vleeming et al. , 2012). Re

How many times we've heard about force absorption within the strength and conditioning industry? Usually, when the expression "force absorption" is being used, the intent is either to describe the process of attenuating the impact during foot strike or the neuromuscular capability to handle and manage the amount of forces produced during a given movement. However, if we want to properly employ biomechanics in our own language we should be aware that force absorption does not

Every coach who really trains athletes on a daily basis and really knows the discriminants of human performance is aware of the fact that building the “perfect” performance machine is not a question of one single detail respect to others. Sports performance is a delicate balance between several aspects converging into one main goal: it’s the whole body synchrony merging into one specific output. Unfortunately social marketing is king today and some coaches, instead of showing

p.s. This article has been originally published on the magazine Athletics Weekly (www.athleticsweekly.com) on November 2014 Most training programmes focus on teaching the concentric portion of the jumping movement and fail to work on the eccentric where the majority of injuries usually occur. Jump training was introduced by Professor Verkhoshansky at the end of the 1950s – the exercise of the jump executed by dropping from a height with vertical rebound has been a staple for

by Sports Excellence (Athens, Greece) p.s. This is the english transcript of the interview originally published on n. 6 issue (March 2020) of the e-Mag edited by Sports Excellence ( https://sportsexcellence.gr/wp-content/uploads/fylladia/SE_emag_issue06_MAR_2020.pdf ) Sports Excellence: How important do you consider the monitoring of an athlete to be, through the use of a modern software designed to measure training load and perceived tiredness? Antonio Robustelli: Monitor

by Antonio Robustelli, MSc CSCS Since the launch of the NordBord, Vald's first product to enter the professional sport market, the Brisbane-based company has grown exponentially by quickly becoming a leading athlete testing systems provider as well as one of the most innovative sports technology companies in professional and high-level sport today. Even if sports technology is a big opportunity and one of the single most important challenges in sport performance, very few s

Whenever i talk about foot pressure mapping technology during my courses or keynote lectures at international conferences, i always got surprised by the deficits in knowledge and understanding of the differences between force and pressure measurements. I often receive questions that actually sounds a little bit obvious to me but i will try to clean up the topic in terms of both technology and biomechanics. Force vs Pressure or Force + Pressure? When talking about force and

For an optimal understanding of how inertial machines work, the first important step to take is to have a clear knowledge of the basic physics principles behind the concept of inertial training. This is fundamental since not having a basic knowledge in physics will lead us to erroneous conclusions as well as doing wrong comparisons between different types of equipments. Inertial (or flywheel ) machines work under the principle of the accelerated Uniform Circular Motion, which