New Perspectives in Assessing Pickup Acceleration.
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International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association
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In team sports, linear acceleration is a fundamental skill that defines success across competitive levels. While maximal acceleration capability from a static start has been studied extensively, team sport athletes mostly accelerate from a submaximal speed. This ability to maximally accelerate from a non-static start (i.e., pickup acceleration) is largely unexplored. In this review, pickup acceleration assessment using a motorized horizontal linear position encoder (1080 Sprint) is discussed in detail, various signals explained, and a sample case study of high and low pickup capability described.Description
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International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, ISSN: 2634-2235 (Print); 2634-2235 (Online), International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association, 5(1). doi: 10.47206/ijsc.v5i1.397
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Copyright (c) 2025 Mark Pryer, Prof John Cronin, Chris Korfist, Jono Neville, Aaron Uthoff. Creative Commons License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.