Items created by Harper, Damian

2025

Kavanagh, Ronan, Matteotti, Matteo, Oliveira, Rafael, McDaid, Kevin, Alexander, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-6492-1621, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Zmijewski, Piotr, Rhodes, David and Morgans, Ryland (2025) The relationship between the 1200 m shuttle test and 40 m sprint test performance and distances covered in English Premier League matches: A retrospective two season study. Biology of Sport, 42 (2). pp. 105-111. ISSN 0860-021X

2024

Verheul, Jasper, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Robinson, Mark A. (2024) Forces experienced at different levels of the musculoskeletal system during horizontal decelerations. Journal of Sports Sciences, 42 (23). pp. 2242-2253. ISSN 0264-0414

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2024) Eccentric Strength Training for Improving Horizontal Deceleration Ability: The use of the Braking Performance Framework. Science of Multi-Directional Speed.

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Cervantes, Chris, Van Dyke, Matt, Evans, Martin, McBurnie, Alistair, Dos' Santos, Tom, Eriksrud, Ola, Cohen, Daniel, Rhodes, David et al (2024) The Braking Performance Framework: Practical Recommendations and Guidelines to Enhance Horizontal Deceleration Ability in Multi-Directional Sports. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 4 (1). ISSN 2634-2235

Barraclough, James, Grecic, David ORCID: 0000-0003-1487-8327 and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2024) English Premier League and English Football League academy managers’ experiences of how psychosocial skills and characteristics are identified and developed in youth academy soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 42 (13). pp. 1259-1271. ISSN 0264-0414

Curovic, Ivan ORCID: 0000-0003-1340-9393, Rhodes, David, Alexander, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-6492-1621 and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2024) Vertical Strength Transfer Phenomenon Between Upper Body and Lower Body Exercise: Systematic Scoping Review. Sports Medicine, 54 . pp. 2109-2139. ISSN 0112-1642

2023

Bortnik, Lukasz, Nir, Ofer, Forbes, Nichol, Alexander, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-6492-1621, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Bruce-Low, Stewart, Carling, Christopher and Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959 (2023) Worst Case Scenarios in Soccer Training and Competition: Analysis of Playing Position, Congested Periods and Substitutes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport . ISSN 0270-1367

Westheim, Frederic, Gløersen, Øyvind, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Laugsand, Håkon and Eriksrud, Ola (2023) Reliability of phase-specific outcome measurements in change-of-direction tests using a motorized resistance device. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5 .

Bortnik, Lukasz, Bruce-Low, Stewart, Burger, Joost, Alexander, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-6492-1621, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Morgans, Ryland, Carling, Christopher, McDaid, Kevin and Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959 (2023) Physical match demands across different playing positions during transitional play and high-pressure activities in elite soccer. Biology of Sport, 41 (2). pp. 73-82. ISSN 0860-021X

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2023) Deceleration in Sport. In: Multidirectional Speed in Sport. Routledge, New York, pp. 74-103. ISBN 9781003267881

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2023) Horizontal Deceleration Ability: A Critical, but often Overlooked Quality for Speed Performance and Injury-Risk Reduction in Multi-Directional Sports. Science of Multi-Directional Speed.

2022

Barraclough, James, Grecic, David ORCID: 0000-0003-1487-8327 and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2022) Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology . pp. 1-23. ISSN 1612-197X

Taberner, Matt, Allen, Tom, O'keefe, Jason, Richter, Chris, Cohen, Daniel, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Buchheit, Martin (2022) Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: Potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League. Science and Medicine in Football . ISSN 2473-3938

Loftus, Simon, Taylor, Robin David ORCID: 0000-0001-9530-8355, Grecic, David ORCID: 0000-0003-1487-8327 and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2022) Olympic and Paralympic Coaches Living With Stress—Is It Such a Problem? Potential Implications for Future Coach Education in Sport. International Sport Coaching Journal . pp. 1-13. ISSN 2328-918X

Siddles, James, Weaver, Kristian, Greig, Matt, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Brogdan, Christopher Michael (2022) A low-volume Nordic hamstring curl programme improves change of direction ability, despite no architectural, strength or speed adaptations in elite youth soccer players. Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal . ISSN 1543-8627

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, McBurnie, Alistair J, Dos' Santos, Thomas, Eriksrud, Ola, Evans, Martin, Cohen, Daniel D, Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959, Carling, Christopher and Kiely, John (2022) Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Performance Requirements of Horizontal Deceleration: A Review with Implications for Random Intermittent Multi-Directional Sports. Sports Medicine . ISSN 0112-1642

Dos'Santos, Thomas, McBurnie, Alistair, Thomas, Christopher, Jones, Paul A. and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2022) Attacking Agility Actions: Match Play Contextual Applications With Coaching and Technique Guidelines. Strength and Conditioning Journal . ISSN 1524-1602

Eriksrud, Ola, Ahlbeck, Fredrik, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Gløersen, Øyvind (2022) Validity of Velocity Measurements of a Motorized Resistance Device During Change of Direction. Frontiers in Physiology, 13 . p. 824606.

2021

McBurnie, Alistair J., Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Jones, Paul A. and Dos'Santos, Thomas (2021) Deceleration Training in Team Sports: Another Potential ‘Vaccine’ for Sports-Related Injury? Sports Medicine, 52 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 0112-1642

Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959, Valassakis, Stephen, Bortnik, Lukasz, Eaves, Richard, Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Alexander, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-6492-1621 (2021) The Effect of High-Intensity Accelerations and Decelerations on Match Outcome of an Elite English League Two Football Team. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (18). e9913.

Jordan, Alastair, Carson, Howie, Wilkie, Brett and Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 (2021) Validity of an inertial measurement unit system to assess lower-limb kinematics during a maximal linear deceleration. Central European Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 33 (1). pp. 5-16. ISSN 2300-9705

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Cohen, Daniel D., Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959, Carling, Christopher and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2021) Drop jump neuromuscular performance qualities associated with maximal horizontal deceleration ability in team sport athletes. European Journal of Sport Science . ISSN 1746-1391

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Jordan, Alastair R. and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2021) Relationships Between Eccentric and Concentric Knee Strength Capacities and Maximal Linear Deceleration Ability in Male Academy Soccer Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35 (2). pp. 465-472. ISSN 1064-8011

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Sandford, Gareth N., Clubb, Jo, Young, Megan, Taberner, Matt, Rhodes, David ORCID: 0000-0002-4224-1959, Carling, Chris and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2021) Elite football of 2030 will not be the same as that of 2020: What has evolved and what needs to evolve? Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 31 (2). pp. 493-494. ISSN 0905-7188

2020

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Morin, Jean-Benoit, Carling, Christopher and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2020) Measuring maximal horizontal deceleration ability using radar technology: Reliability and sensitivity of kinematic and kinetic variables. Sports Biomechanics . ISSN 1476-3141

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Cohen, Daniel, Carling, Christopher and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2020) Can Countermovement Jump Neuromuscular Performance Qualities Differentiate Maximal Horizontal Deceleration Ability in Team Sport Athletes? Sports, 8 (6). p. 76. ISSN 2075-4663

2019

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Carling, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0002-7456-3493 and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2019) High intensity acceleration and deceleration demands in elite team sports competitive match-play: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Sports Medicine . ISSN 0112-1642

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541, Carling, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0002-7456-3493 and Kiely, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2019) High-Intensity Acceleration and Deceleration Demands in Elite Team Sports Competitive Match Play: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Sports Medicine, 49 . pp. 1923-1947. ISSN 0112-1642

2018

Carling, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-7456-3493, McCall, A., Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Bradley, P.S. (2018) Comment on: “The Use of Microtechnology to Quantify the Peak Match Demands of the Football Codes: A Systematic Review”. Sports Medicine . ISSN 0112-1642

Harper, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5430-1541 and Kiely, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-9817-0224 (2018) Damaging nature of decelerations: Do we adequately prepare players? [Editorial]. BMJ Publishing Group.