Athlete Academy ATHLETE ACADEMY soccer

The season judges your athlete. We'd rather measure her first.

Evaluation Day™ turns "she seems quick" into numbers: how your soccer player accelerates, stops, changes direction, and repeats it — explained in plain English.

Every Evaluation Day happens in person, at our locations in North Carolina's Triangle.

Coach Aaron listening to an athlete during an assessment
Evaluation Day ends in a conversation, not a printout.

What gets measured

Acceleration over the first meters. Change of direction and braking control. Strength for her stage of growth. The capacity to repeat a sprint.

The qualities every duel and every late-game run depends on — counted, not eyeballed.

What you take home

A conversation, not a report card. Where your athlete is already strong. Where the engine is limiting the player. What we'd work on first, and the reason why.

Nothing is dramatized to sell you training. If the picture looks good, we say so.

One idea to keep: a baseline is the difference between developing an athlete and hoping about one.

Tell us you're interested

Ready to ask about the next one? The assessment request is the same doorway — a parent or guardian fills it in, and we reply personally.

Ask about the next Evaluation Day

Rather ask a question first? The contact page puts you straight through to us.

Questions parents ask

What does my athlete need for an Evaluation Day?

Training gear, cleats or turf shoes for the surface, and water. We handle the rest — a proper warm-up comes before any timing, and every measurement is explained as it happens.

Is Evaluation Day a tryout or an ID event?

Neither. Nobody is selected or cut. It exists so families can see where a player’s athletic engine is today and make training decisions from data instead of impressions.

What if the numbers are disappointing?

Then you have found trainable ground, which is good news at a young age. Baselines are a starting line, not a verdict — most athletes come back specifically to beat their own numbers.

How will we know training is working?

By measuring the same things twice. Re-testing against the baseline turns progress into numbers — acceleration times coming down, repeat-sprint ability holding up late, strength markers climbing — rather than a feeling about how she looked on Saturday.