Athletes need to master deceleration as much as acceleration to prevent injuries like ACL tears and knee damage. Tempo eccentric exercises, isometric holds, landing drills, and split-stance holds are concrete brake-training methods that keep speed under control.
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Deceleration is just as important as acceleration. One of the best ways to really think about this is pretty much stopping and going. Yes, everyone loves to accelerate, we know this for sure, but if you cannot decelerate, aka stop your movement, you're pretty much a walking injury waiting to happen. God forbid. I'll give you an example to better understand this. Visualize yourself landing from a high-ass jump and changing direction, slowing into a cut too. That's where control really, really resides, and that's where your ACLs go, your low back tweaks, And the knees that take the hit as well, cuz they do. Check this out. Now that you successfully visualize that, it is important to know that you need to train your brakes. There's no way around this, trust me on this. Tempo eccentrics, isometric holds, landing drills, and split stands. I want you to drill this in your head. Speed is simply not just about getting there, it's about staying in control when exactly you do. Stay blessed and disciplined.