Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Institution: Auckland University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409197156