Nothing hurts, I want testing
A scored baseline before the season, so mid-season changes mean something.
A baseline is only worth anything before you need it. Screened in February, an asymmetry is a training note. Screened in August with a hamstring already torn, the same number is a guess about what things used to look like.
c-09 / in your words
Which of these brought you in?
- 01Nothing hurts and you would like it to stay that way
- 02A season, a race block, or a new program starts in the next few months
- 03Your coach wants something to program around
- 04You have a nagging side that has never actually been measured
c-09 / how it is worked
The baseline protocol
phase 01 / screen
Twelve scored positions, same scale every time
Squat, hinge, single-leg stance, gait, overhead reach, rotation, trunk control. The same scoring we run inside the assessment, on its own. Same scale every session, because a baseline that is not comparable is not a baseline.
phase 02 / interpret
Which side gives up first, and under what load
The output is not a grade. It is the specific pattern that fails earliest and the load it fails at, written so a coach can program around it. That is the part a strength plan can act on, and the part a number out of 100 hides.
phase 03 / re-screen
Pre-season and mid-season, so a change means something
Screened in February an asymmetry is a training note. Screened in August with a hamstring already gone, the same number is a guess about what things used to look like. One visit each time.
what we test first
The same twelve scored positions we run inside the assessment, on their own: squat, hinge, single-leg stance, gait, overhead reach, rotation, trunk control. Same scale every time so the numbers are comparable across sessions.
how many visits
One visit, pre-season and mid-season for most athletes. The output is which side gives up first and under what load, which is the part a program can act on.
when this is not ours
A movement screen does not medically clear you for sport. If you need a physical or a cardiac clearance, that is your physician.