With so many organisations and individuals purchasing the resources I thought it worthwhile to make some general observations.
When I started to make inroads into this form of assessment a decade ago it was because I was facing serious issues when attempting to progress the athletes in my charge. Much of the early work at the Brisbane Broncos in the early 1990’s developed due to the lack of certain physical qualities in the talent identified by the Club. Their destination (First Team Squad) remained fixed yet their journey was fraught with problems as they displayed a lack of all-round athletic development. Certainly ‘they could play’ but the journey to the cauldron of the NRL competition was to be a difficult one if we couldn’t eradicate the limitations.
As the Physical Competence assessment took shape I had to step into new territory and there was much trial and error when assembling standards and processes.
This is what those who have purchased the resources will face – a period of ‘try and try again’ to find the answers. The answers won’t lie in simply conducting the assessment. They key is ‘what do you do next’ in terms of the process that sees the athlete undertake athletic development.