Author: Dr Damian Harper (Founder of Human Braking Performance).  Welcome to Human Braking Performance! My name is Dr Damian Harper and I am delighted to officially launch the Human Braking Performance website. This website is dedicated to generating and sharing new knowledge, insights and solutions to coaches, sport scientists and medical practitioners on how to optimise athlete performance and injury resilience by enhancing deceleration and braking performance capabilities. In this first post I wanted to start by discussing why deceleration and braking have such significant implications for sports performance and injury-risk reduction, particularly for athletes participating in multi-directional sports such …