The ATP Athlete BluePrint
What Doesn’t Get Measured,
Doesn’t Improve.
How do you know how far you’ve come if you don’t know where you started?
Athleticism is one of the hardest things to track.
And even worse, there a million different types of tests and metrics you can measure.
But what are the rights ones?
We’ve developed a comprehensive testing battery that looks at the fundamentals of what underpins Athleticism and what the important factors go into being ‘Athletic’.
“WHEN ATHLETES FAIL TO PLAN, THEY PLAN TO FAIL”
How do we combat against that? WE TEST
FAST - POWERFUL - STRONG - EXPLOSIVE - SIZE - STRENGTH - LEAN - TOUGH - AGILE
ATP Athlete BluePrint Tests
Strength
Speed
Vertical Power
Horizontal Power
Reactive Strength Index
Dynamic Strength Index
Limb Symmetry
Fitness
Your results gives us the BluePrint to map put what you need to work on your weaknesses, make your strengths stronger.
How Do we Measure it all?
VALD’s ForceDecks accurately measure forces through a wide range of testing options like jumps, hops, isometrics and many more.
Grip Strength
We use the Hand Help Dynamometer (HHD) to record Quad and Hamstring strength isometrically. Hamstring strength is one of the most vital part of an athletes performance, so why not make sure it’s operating efficiently. we do this by measuring the strength at 45 degrees. This gives us a look at the strength of the hamstring at its most vulnerable position (extending during a sprint while running).
Shoulder
We also use the HHD to asses shoulder strength. It’s no lie that the shoulder is the most vulnerable joint in the body especially when it comes to high intensity sports. Making sure our internal and external strength is up to scratch, and our rotator cuff is strong enough to hold our shoulder in its socket.
Joint Angles
By utilising VALD’s HHD we can also test joint angles. This cal give us a look into any joint restrictions you may have or assess against the other limb when returning from injury.
Vertical Force: VALD Forcedecks
Squat Jump (SJ), Countermovement Jump (CMJ), Drop Jump (DJ), Hop Test.
By utilising the VALD Force Decks we can accurately measure key metrics like, impulse, jump height, landing force, ground reaction, contact time, concentric force.
With these number we can put together an athletic profile and determine how ‘athletic’ you really are and how that can be used in your sport.
Some examples such as:
a low strength to power ratio between the IMTP and countermovement jump = more balistic strength in the program.
a high Reactive Strength Index of high flight time and low contact time on the DJ = very elastic and may need more max strength.
an asymmetry of more than 10% on the single leg hop tests = more plyometric work on single leg.