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This study aimed to identify the interaction between external kinetic and kinematic determinants of HDA across multiple deceleration steps and approach speeds. Nineteen multidirectional team sport athletes completed five maximal horizontal decelerations at 100%, 85%, and 70% of maximal sprint velocity, while three\u2010dimensional ground reaction forces (GRF) and kinematics were captured during the first three deceleration steps. HDA was quantified as the average rate of velocity reduction (i.e., deceleration) within each step and cumulatively across steps 1\u20133 (early HDA). Greater within\u2010step deceleration significantly correlated with greater mean horizontal GRF (HGRF) and horizontal\u2010to\u2010vertical (H\u2010V) force ratio across all steps and approach speeds (\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.56\u20130.95,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.001\u20130.013). Mean HGRF in step 1 (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.58\u20130.83,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.01) and H\u2010V force ratio in step 3 (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.50\u20130.68,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.01) were the strongest predictors of early HDA. Greater peak hip and knee flexion angles in step 1, and a lower centre\u2010of\u2010mass height, increased anterior foot placement and a more negative shank inclination at touchdown in steps 2 and 3 were associated with greater mean HGRF and H\u2010V force ratio, with stronger associations observed at slower speeds (\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.49\u20130.90,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.001\u20130.033). These findings indicate that early HDA is underpinned by step\u2010specific kinetic and kinematic strategies. Practitioners should target the attenuation of horizontal force magnitude in step 1 via greater peak hip and knee flexion and enhance horizontal force orientation in later steps by optimising touchdown postures, such as centre\u2010of\u2010mass height, anterior foot placement and shank inclination.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ejsc.70224","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]],"date-time":"2026-07-28T07:03:59Z","timestamp":1785222239000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early Horizontal Deceleration Ability Across Multiple Steps and Approach Speeds in Multidirectional Team Sport Athletes"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-3240-9554","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luke","family":"Hitchens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences Cardiff Metropolitan University  Cardiff UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2939-8046","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jasper","family":"Verheul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences Cardiff Metropolitan University  Cardiff UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2016.1217343"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsams.2012.12.005"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.25176161.1995.tb02031.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0b013e318162d162"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbiomech.2021.110685"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_12_7_1","first-page":"63","article-title":"Physical Demands of Different Positions in FA Premier League Soccer","volume":"6","author":"Bloomfield J.","year":"2007","journal-title":"Journal of Sports Science and Medicine"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.humov.2016.03.014"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5114\/jhk\/189659"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_10_1","volume-title":"Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences","author":"Cohen J.","year":"1988"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2024.2327874"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1519\/JSC.0000000000001063"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.26603\/ijspt20200928"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1519\/JSC.0000000000003439"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2020.1823130"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1249\/JES.0000000000000163"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fspor.2020.594567"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279\u2010019\u201001170\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.47206\/ijsc.v4i1.351"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1519\/JSC.0000000000002739"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279\u2010022\u201001693\u20100"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2014.07.022"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1519\/SSC.0b013e3181fbd62c"},{"issue":"411","key":"e_1_2_12_24_1","first-page":"321","article-title":"A Scale of Magnitudes for Effect Statistics","volume":"502","author":"Hopkins W. 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