Performance Profile: How-to Guide

The performance profile is a tool and framework to identify areas you are strong in, as well as areas you can improve, in relation to sports performance. The Tensegrity Performance Profile consists of 6 areas.

Area 1: Variables

Area 2: Performance Wheel

Area 3: SWOT analysis

Area 4: Action Plan

Area 5: Personal Reflection

Area 6: Performance Review

Here we will look at how to complete these 6 areas in order.

Area 1 has you list 8 variables you think are most important for your performance. These can be things like power output, agility, stability, or sport-specific like catching or footwork. The order here doesn't matter. Next, you fill out the Athlete's Self Assessment (ASA) column, by rating the variables' importance 1-10. Then, you enter the Athlete's Perceived Importance (API) column on a 1-10 scale based on the variable's importance. Lastly, you subtract the importance by the self-assessment to find the difference and multiply by 10 (API - ASA x 10). This will give you the discrepancy (GAP) between importance and performance.

Area 2 is the performance wheel. Here, you fill out a visual graphic or each variable based on your self assessment numbers (1-10). This gives you the big picture on your performance.

Area 3 is a SWOT analysis which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Here we will bullet point each of these based on what comes to mind. This increases our situational awareness.

Area 4 is the action plan. Ideally these will be S.M.A.R.T goals based on the discrepancies we found in Area 1. List the 8 variables in order of highest discrepancy.

Area 5 is a personal reflection. This is to allow us to pause and look at what is working and what is not. This should be a few sentences about the past, present, and future.

Area 6, the Performance Review, feeds off of area 4 (action plan). For each action plan, decide a date and follow up on how well you performed the plan.

This performance profile can be revisted on a time scale, such as every 10 weeks. This will keep us focused on what we should improve, and keep track of our successes.