Acceleration & Deceleration Relationship An athlete’s ability to absorb force and decelerate is hugely related to their ability to accelerate or reaccelerate. For field sport athletes, speed rarely comes from a static start which track athletes are used to. Most of the time it will come from some form of altered style running whether that be from a rolling start, back pedal or crossover style movement. This is why we use multiple starting options they can be used to improve the relationship betw