The Baseline and Progress Worksheet

1. Why a baseline first

You cannot measure progress without a starting point. Most families have plenty of numbers (a showcase exit velocity, a camp radar read, an app screenshot) and no baseline, because each one was taken a different way on a different day. A baseline is one set of numbers, taken one way, written down with the setup that produced them. Everything after it is measured against it.

At M4P the baseline is what the assessment produces: a movement screen, athletic testing and baseline data capture with the tools on the floor, written up in a report. This worksheet is the home version: the same discipline, with the tools you have.

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2. The rule

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3. The metrics, defined

No benchmark column, on purpose. Published averages vary by source and by how they were measured, and most are not measured the way you will measure. Track your own number, the same way every time, and make it move.

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4. What counts as real change

Every test has noise in it: the ball, the feed, the athlete's day. A change that is smaller than the spread between trials inside one session is not yet a change. A change that shows up on two retests in a row, measured the same way, is. We do not print a threshold here because the right one depends on the tool and the setup; the trial spread on your own sheet is the honest reference.

• Compare averages, never single trials.
• Look at the direction over two or three retests before you look at the size.
• When a number jumps, read the training line first. A jump with no training reason is usually a setup change.

5. The at-home companion

The At-Home Training Plan Checklist (free at movement4power.com/resources) ends each week with three log lines: what the athlete worked on, the one cue, and the one number logged. Those lines are what fill the 'what changed in training' rows on the retest log.

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6. Numbers are the start of the conversation

A good sheet does not tell you what to do next. It tells you, and a coach, what moved and what did not, so the next block is built on evidence instead of a feeling.

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Baseline page

• Date
• Athlete
• Age / grade
• Sport
• Tool and model
• Setup (tee height, distance, ball)
• Conditions (indoor / outdoor, time of day)
• Warm-up used

Retest log

Retest at the end of each 4-week block, the same way. Copy the baseline average from the previous page, then log each retest's average and the change against the baseline.

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