Baseline Human Performance

what does baseline human performance do... do you coach a team, run an organization or train athletes? are you an athlete or a parent of an athlete? how do you know what to do for training and if it is right for you? the first two questions should be easy enough to answer, the third is probably more difficult. after 20 + years of coaching and training athletes of all ages and levels, i often pondered the same question: "although i think what i am doing is good based on my knowledge, education and experience, how can i be sure?" physical testing isn't exactly reliable or valid, and depending on the test, may not even give you information that is relevant to your goals. if you work with a whole team or group of individuals it is even tougher to organize. what you do to better one individual may very well hinder another. most organizers, for the sake of time, simply put together one training program for all individuals in a group and hope for the best! now there is another option: