Presentation description
Eccentric braking capacity can help separate the best athletes from the rest, and braking deficits can persist for years after ACL injury. Yet eccentric strength explains only a small part of braking capacity, and a bodyweight countermovement jump doesn’t fully expose it. Matt Jordan presents force plate evidence that braking performance depends on movement strategy as well as strength, and shows three jump-based assessments that give practitioners clearer visibility of an athlete’s braking mechanics
Learning objectives
- Understand why the ability to slow the body down depends on how an athlete moves, not just how strong they are
- Identify braking deficits and compensatory strategies after ACL injury from force-time curve features such as the first braking peak, countermovement depth and peak negative velocity.
- Apply the loaded countermovement jump, repeat hop and single-leg countermovement jump to assess braking mechanics beyond the bilateral bodyweight jump
About the presenter
Dr. Matt Jordan is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. He holds a Master of Science in Exercise and Neuromuscular Physiology, and a PhD in Medical Science. Matt co-directs the Integrative Neuromuscular Sport Performance Lab where he studies neuromuscular adaptations to resistance training and secondary and tertiary traumatic knee injury prevention. Working at the interface between practice and science, Matt is a specialist in player health and performance. He has consulted with elite athletes over six Olympic Winter Games, and professional sport teams in the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences in the areas of injury prevention, athlete monitoring, training program design for elite athletes, and strength and power testing methodologies.
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