What is an Adolescent Sports Screening session?
An Adolescent Sports Screening will help you to find out where you are in the growth and maturation process and is specifically tailored to the needs of a developing athlete.
Utilising our expertise from working in Elite player development in a number of professional academies, we can help you find the right programme to enhance your performance.
If you are growing through accelerated growth, finding your athletic performance is lagging behind your peers, or struggling to hit your previous performance levels, we can help you find out why and address it using the latest technology.
Initial meeting in the Clinic
First you and a guardian will arrive at our custom clinic with a gym and testing space. You will be greeted by your Sports Physiotherapist specially trained in Athletic Screens for Teens and taken into the assessment room, so come dressed for the assessment in sports clothes.
Sports Screening
We will gather information about your position, level you play at, your training regime and previous injury history.
Then we will calculate your level of maturation by taking your height, weight and leg length measurements (we will also need mum and dad’s height).
Flexibility Screening
After this we will then perform a flexibility assessment using the VALD Dynamo, this dynamometer takes the guess work out of how flexible your joints are, reducing human error. This helps us understand how flexible your muscle groups are and which ones we need to work on to improve.
Strength Screening
After this we will then perform a strength assessment using the VALD Dynamo. This will help us understand how each muscle group functions and areas we may need to work on.
After this we will then perform a strength assessment using the VALD Dynamo. This will help us understand how each muscle group functions and areas we may need to work on. It shows where there may be discrepancies or reduced force related to growth that need to be addressed to help you perform to the best of your ability.
Power Screening
After a brief rest to let the muscles recover, we will move on to testing power. This is done using a jump profiling and arm power testing battery. We may use filmed movements alongside the VALD Dynamo to help us create the best possible performance programme for your specific requirements.
Additional Filming
Finally, we will video your running mechanics to provide a full picture of your motion and movement, again allowing us to tailor your plan to your specific requirements and condition.
Education and Performance Programme
Our Sports Physiotherapist will then describe to you the key findings of the assessment looking at your level of maturation, strength and power scores and develop a bespoke Performance Programme to work on the areas you need to enhance performance. This will be sent to you via e-mail and will allow you access to an app that tells you how often to complete the programme with videos of each exercise and the number of reps and sets to complete
Payment and re-booking
Our Sports Physiotherapist will then take payment and agree when to re-assess you to find out how the performance plan has helped you and whether you have reached your goals or what you need to do next. Your report and programme will arrive within 24 hours of your appointment
We look forward to seeing you and helping you take your performance to the next level!
