Know where your athletes are starting. Measure progress. Be better for the new season.
Pre-season is one of the most important periods in the sporting calendar. For all sports, the preparation is about more than simply getting players back on the field. Understanding the physical demands of your sport – and where your athletes are starting – can help coaches and performance staff plan more effectively for the season ahead.
That’s where human performance testing can make a difference.
GlobalScout provides professional performance testing as a service, helping sporting clubs collect objective data across their playing groups and wider club community.
Test the whole club
Testing shouldn’t be limited to your senior or elite players. A whole-club testing program can provide valuable information across different teams, age groups and levels of competition, creating a consistent approach to measuring physical performance.
GlobalScout can tailor testing to your club, with services including:
- Establish objective performance benchmarks
- Identify strengths and areas for development
- Understand the physical profile of your playing group
- Set individual and team performance goals
- Monitor changes throughout pre-season and the season
- Provide athletes with meaningful feedback
- Support coaches with objective performance data
- Create a consistent testing process across teams and age groups
The aim isn’t simply to collect numbers. It’s to provide information that athletes, coaches and clubs can use.
Baseline testing: Where are you starting?
Baseline testing establishes an athlete’s starting point, often at the beginning of pre-season.
It provides measurable benchmarks that can help coaches understand the physical profile of their squad and identify areas that may warrant attention during the preparation period.
Rather than asking, “Are we fitter this year?”, clubs can establish objective data to help answer the question.
Progress testing: Are you improving?
Once a baseline has been established, the same or comparable tests can be repeated throughout the year. Progress testing allows clubs and athletes to track changes and measure development over time.
A simple performance cycle can be:
Baseline → Pre-season training → Progress Test → Season → Mid-season Progress Test → Retest
The key is consistency. Testing the same quality using different protocols, equipment or conditions can make comparisons difficult. A structured testing service helps clubs establish a repeatable process so that results can be meaningfully compared over time.
What happens and how does it work?
GlobalScout provides human performance testing as a service, allowing sporting clubs to access professional testing without having to build the entire testing process internally, where testing day feels like another logistical challenge for your club. At GlobalScout, the aim is to make the process efficient, professional and straightforward for athletes, coaches and club staff.
1. Needs Analysis
Before testing begins, we work with the club to determine the most appropriate testing solution.
This can take into account:
- Sport
- Athlete numbers
- Age groups
- Available facilities
- Testing objectives
- Time available
2. Testing Day
GlobalScout manage the testing day from start to finish, providing trained staff, validated technologies, and setup right through to pack down. Athletes are registered, informed of the protocols, guided through in an efficient and consistent manner, and provided their individual opportunities to perform.
Data is captured immediately throughout the testing day, with anomalies, re-tests, and missed tests noted for reference.
3. Results, Reporting and Interpretation
The results are provided back to the athletes in easy-to-read individual reports, with cohort reports provided to the club in a format that helps coaches and performance staff understand the findings (providing consent has been obtained). The objective is not simply to test athletes. It is to provide information that can support the next stage of the performance process.
To assist with supporting the reports and interpretation of the data, additional resources are provided to ensure clarity in understanding, ease of data application, and to continue professional development.
More than just player testing
A GlobalScout partnership doesn’t have to stop with the playing group. Testing and performance services can also be made available to parents, families, coaches, volunteers and the wider club community.
This creates opportunities for clubs to engage their broader membership around health, fitness and human performance — while providing families with access to professional testing services. It means GlobalScout can support the whole club, not just the players.
Ready to plan your next season’s testing program?
Get in touch with GlobalScout to discuss a testing solution for your club.
Email our team at team@globalscout.pro or contact us through the GlobalScout website to start planning your pre-season testing program.
