About Us
Human Braking Performance (HBP) Research Group
Who are we?
The Human Braking Performance (HBP) research group is a group of experienced academics and practitioners who have an interest and expertise in developing and disseminating knowledge on the importance of deceleration and braking for sports performance and injury-risk reduction.
Why?
Despite the significant importance of deceleration and braking to sports performance and injury-risk reduction previous research has been highly devoted to investigating the ability to accelerate and attain higher sprinting speeds with much less focus given on how to effectively decelerate these higher movement speeds. With the evolution of multi-directional speed sports requiring players to perform more frequent accelerations and high speed sprinting actions, there will be increased necessity to decelerate and tolerate repeated intense braking actions.
Our Mission
Develop innovative approaches to help enhance our understanding of deceleration and braking for speed performance and injury-risk reduction.
Our Focus
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1. Develop innovate 'applied' approaches to profile human deceleration and braking performance.
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2. Understand how optimising human braking performance can influence the ability to manoeuvre safely and effectively in sports performance environments.
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3. Identify and develop interventions that can be used to enhance braking performance and reduce the risk of injuries associated with braking.
Research Group Members
Dr Damian Harper
Founder Human Braking Performance, Lecturer in Coaching & Human Performance, University of Central Lancashire, UK.
Dr John Kiely
Associate Professor in Performance & Innovation, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Dr David Rhodes
Director of Human Performance, DC United FC, USA; Consultant in Elite Football.
Dr Chris Carling
Head of Performance, French Football Federation (FFF), France; Associate Member, French Institute of Sport (INSEP), France.
Dr Ola Eriksrud
Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway; Research & Development, 1080 Motion, Sweden; Consultant, Norwegian Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Dr Daniel Cohen
Researcher, Centre for Sport Science, Colombian Ministry of Sport (Mindeporte), Colombia; Researcher, University of Santander, Colombia; Co-Founder of ForceDecks.
Dr Tom Dos'Santos
Senior Lecturer in Strength & Conditioning & Sports Biomechanics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Dr Paul Jones
Associate Professor in Sport & Exercise Biomechanics, Salford University, UK.
