O-007 Deceleration movements performed during FA Premier League soccer matches

OBJECTIVE Deceleration (DCL) of high intensity movements in soccer has been related to cause of muscle damage (Reilly, 1990), which may be related to injury. Time-motion analysis can identify a breakdown of match time between different locomotive movements (LM). However, previous studies have not included deceleration as a movement classification and as a result such information has not been reported. The purpose of the current investigation was to characterise the nature of DCLs performed during elite soccer competition.