A data-driven approach to athlete development
September
to May,
measured.
Most programs talk about development. Very few can show a family what actually changed over a season. AthletesSuite connects goals, testing, practices, workouts and game review into one weekly record for every player.
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A comprehensive player development cycle
Own your success.
The honest version
Development lives in a coach’s notebook, three group chats, a shared drive, a spreadsheet somebody stopped updating in November, and one assistant’s memory. Then a parent asks what their kid improved on, and the honest answer is a story.
A story is fine until tryouts, when a family is deciding whether to come back.
Runs every week
The Player Development Cycle.
Six phases, connected on purpose. Each one feeds the next, and the last loops back to the first — so an athlete is always somewhere on the cycle, never standing still. The phases don’t change with the sport; only the tests and drills inside them do.
- 01
Set
Every player gets goals a coach wrote, not a template. Parents can see them.
- 02
Test
One baseline in September. Same protocol at every checkpoint after that.
- 03
Plan
Practice plans with drills, tied to what the testing actually showed.
- 04
Train
Strength and conditioning assigned and logged, so you know what got done.
- 05
Review
Games and video with coach notes attached to the player, not a group chat.
- 06
Report
One weekly page per player. This is the part families remember.
What the cycle produces
| Test | Sep | May | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off Ice | |||
| 10-yard sprintsec | 1.82 | 1.74 | −0.08 |
| Broad jumpcm | 208 | 221 | +13 |
| Single-leg hop, L/R gapcm | 14 | 6 | −8 |
| On Ice | |||
| Blue line sprintsec | 4.41 | 4.22 | −0.19 |
| Weave, with pucksec | 11.86 | 11.02 | −0.84 |
| Puck differentialsec | 1.42 | 0.91 | −0.51 |
Same tests, same protocol, two checkpoints. This is the page a parent asks for and most programs can’t produce.
The same cycle, every sport
- Hockey
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Football
- Baseball
- Track & Field
Where this stands
Proven in season. Open to more programs.
AthletesSuite runs every week with Michigan Elite Sports Academy — real rosters, real testing, real weekly reports across a full season.
We’re opening it to a select group of clubs and academies. If you want in, get on the list and you’ll hear from me first.
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The Player Development Scorecard
Twelve questions that tell you whether your program’s development is a system or a habit. Score it in ten minutes with your staff. It’s useful whether or not you ever buy anything from me.
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