This topic focusses on horizontal force production and kinetics and kinematics of the pelvis during sprinting. These performance elements separate average from good athletes and determine their movement efficiency and proneness to hamstring and adductor-related groin injuries. Horizontal force production and the explosive posterior pelvic tilt have been extensively studied during the last five years, clarifying their important role in performance and injury prevention.

Horizontal force production is a key feature of acceleration performance and plays an important role in the prediction and prevention of hamstring injuries.

The pelvis is an essential segment in the proximal-to-distal sequencing of high-speed movements, such as sprinting and soccer kicks. An explosive posterior tilt enables large joint forces at the hip and facilitates an efficient transfer of power and reduces the susceptibility to injury for the hamstrings and hip adductors, which are the most prevalent injuries in sports.

This topic also contains an overview of the research on both performance components, the relevance in a sporting context context and an overview of the most effective exercises from a biomechanical point of view. Both components also play an important role in the altered kinetics and kinematics following hip adductor and hamstring injuries. This explains to a great extent the recurrence rates of up to forty percent for both injuries. This topic focusses in line with this also on the prevention and effective rehab of hamstring injuries.