Performance Testing

Unlock Your Athletic Potential from the Inside Out.

The DNA Athletic Blueprint provides a detailed understanding of your growth, maturation, mobility, and performance. We assess key physical attributes giving you a complete view of your athletic profile.

1. Growth and Maturation Assessment (Mirwald et al., 2002): We measure your biological maturity to tailor training programmes based on your developmental stage, ensuring the right and safest approach for optimal progress at every stage of your athletic journey.
2. Mobility Assessment: Our mobility assessment evaluates your range of motion and flexibility, identifying areas of tightness that could impact movement efficiency. Improving mobility, enhances overall performance and reduces the risk of injury.
3. Performance-Based Assessment Using VALD Technology: We use the industry’s leading tools—to assess key physical attributes with real-time data. Our performance testing suite includes:
   • Countermovement Jump (CMJ): Measures explosive power and neuromuscular function.
   • Drop Jumps: Assesses reactive strength and power production upon landing.
   • Multi Rebounds: Evaluates your ability to manage repeated jumps, measuring reaction time and power.
   • Sprint Assessments (5m & 10m sprints): We analyse your sprinting technique, focusing on acceleration, top speed, stride mechanics, and force production to optimise running form for maximum speed and efficiency.
   • 505 Agility Test: We measure your ability to quickly and efficiently change direction. This test is essential for athletes in sports requiring rapid changes in movement, evaluating both reaction time and lateral speed.

By leveraging VALD’s advanced technology, we gather objective, data-driven insights to make informed decisions about your training and progression.

The DNA Athletic Blueprint is perfect for athletes at all levels who want to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and growth potential, providing a solid foundation for optimal development.

The Helix Performance Assessment offers a deeper, more customised approach to your athletic development. Designed for athletes aged 16+, this advanced assessment builds on The DNA Athletic Blueprint to provide an in-depth evaluation of your performance, biomechanics, and sport and position specific needs.

What Makes the Helix Performance Assessment Stand Out?

• Personalised Testing: After the initial assessment, further personalised testing is provided, including advanced biomechanics analysis and sport-specific metrics.
• VALD Technology: Cutting-edge tools like ForceDecks, ForceFrame, NordBord, and SmartSpeed are used to measure key performance factors such as strength, power, movement, sprinting, acceleration, and balance. This real-time data ensures actionable insights for enhancing performance and reducing injury risk.
• Photon Sports Technology:  We can evaluate deceleration mechanics, crucial for sports that involve rapid direction changes. This helps improve movement efficiency and reduces the likelihood of injury during high-speed movements.
• Sport-Specific Testing:
  • 505 Agility Test for sports like football, rugby, and basketball.
  • Jump Testing to assess vertical jump, explosive power, and reactive strength.
  • Sprinting & Acceleration Tests to advance running mechanics for improved efficiency.
  • Landing Mechanics Assessment to spot imbalances that could lead to injury during explosive movements.
  • Strength-Based Testing: We assess key strength metrics relevant to your sport’s physical demands; including but not limited to the isometric mid-thigh pull, hip adduction and abduction strength and dynamic strength index metrics.

The Helix Performance Assessment is adaptable, offering specialised tests or customisation for specific sports and positions. The assessment provides advanced data analysis, allowing for fine-tuned training strategies. The Helix Performance Assessment is ideal for athletes looking for a high-level, data-driven approach to enhancing performance, advancing your training, and reducing the risk of injury.