NSCA Student/Athlete Performance Assessment Package
Welcome to the NSCA Performance Assessment Package. The NSCA’s Four Steps to Success helps to monitor the development of the student/athlete, measure the effectiveness of the training programs and motivates them to work hard.
Four Steps to Success
- Testing
- Evaluation
- Setting Goals
- Program Design
Testing
- Follow the NSCA Standardized Performance Testing Procedures
- Performance Tests to identify talent & potential
- Vertical Jump
- Pro-Agility Run
- 10-Yard Dash or 40-Yard Dash
- Print Test Data Collection Cards
- Enter performance score for each test
Evaluation
- Use the Percentile Rank by Age for Men or Women
- Enter rank for each test on Test Data Collection Card
- Add up the three ranks, divide by three to get the Average Percentile Rank
- Print Performance Evaluation Profile
- Mark performance scores in appropriate percentile rank box on chart as well as the Average Percentile Rank
- Identify strengths & weaknesses of individual student/athlete
- Assess the effectiveness of the training program. If the student/athlete are not making progress, reevaluate the training program.
Setting Goals
- Use the Performance Evaluation Profile to set goals
- Help the student/athlete set realistic yet challenging goals
- Goal setting can be as simple as improving performance scores each test period
- Goal setting will help motivate them to work hard
Program Design
- Design a program that is based on the Four Principles of the Fly Solo Program
- Specificity
- Overload
- Progression
- Periodization
- Consider the strengths & weakness
- Post Test after the program