Your Score
This number represents your actual raw score you received for each test and
is the basis for all the other calculations.
Team Average
This number is an average score for your team in each particular test. Are you
above or below average for you group, in each particular test? (i.e. Not just
players of the same age, gender and position ).
Team Percentiles
This number determines your placement or ranking (by percentile) for that
particular test alongside ALL of the other hockey players on your team .
How do you compare with the rest of the team or group that you were tested
with? (i.e. Not just players of
the same age, gender and position).
NOTE: Percentile is defined as the "number that divides a series into 100 groups having equal frequencies" or "your placement or ranking for that particular test alongside other players who have the same or not as good a score" or "the percentage of players who have the same or not as good as your score on the drill". The higher the "percentile score" the better. (For example if your percentile score is 75 that means that 75 percent of the other scores are the same or not as good as yours and that only 25% of the scores are better).
WORLWIDE Average
This number is an average score for each particular test of all the hockey players the same age, gender and position in the international database.
WORLDWIDE Percentile
This number determines your placement or ranking for that particular test alongside other hockey players the same age, gender and position in our international data base. This feature will compare you with other players in the international database of the same age, gender and position?
COMPONENT TIME
This is the time to perform the isolated skating skill. For example, during the Tight Turn test, the time taken to enter the turn and exit the turn is subtracted from the total time to perform the whole test, leaving the component time to perform the "actual skating skill" (i.e. time just to complete the tight turn component in this example).
COMPONENT PERCENTILE
This score is the worldwide percentile for the isolated component.
The Reports and Bar Graphs are divided into three areas:
1. Body Compositeion
2. Off-Ice Testing
3. On-Ice Testing
1. The dark bars (blue) are the player's scores compared to the rest of the team.
(Team Percentiles)
2. The light bars (green) are the players' scores compared to all of the players in the international database of the same age, gender and position. (Worldwide Percentiles)
* the foregoing classifications are introduced solely to help coaches and players interpret the test results in comparison with the percentile scales.
Comments: The comments with the bar graphs are based on the player's individual test results, and give a brief indication of their status, as well as a short comment on either to maintain their program or reasons why they may need to work on a skill. A brief general recommended training procedure may also be included. For a specific and personalized program we recommend you consult your trainer, coach, or exercise specialist.
NOTE: The comments are based only on the Worldwide Percentile scores. The
worldwide or team average or team percentiles have no effect on the comments.
The Worldwide percentiles are derived by comparing a player's score with all of
the other players in theSportQuest international database who are of the same:
1. AGE
2. GENDER
3. POSITION
Just because a player scores better than the average score this does NOT mean that
they will have a percentile equal to or greater than 50. If the scores are not perfectly
distributed (i.e. skewed) the average score will not align up perfectly with the average score. Very few things are perfectly distributed into a "normal" bell shaped curve.
To make an extreme example: if you have 100 players and 89 players take 2 seconds, one player takes 2.1 seconds and 10 players take 20 seconds to complete a drill ......... the average time for all 100 players would be = 3.801 seconds. The player that scored 2.1 seconds was well below the team average of 3.801 seconds which is good, BUT the player's percentile was only 11. (i.e. only 11 players received the same or not as good as score). The few players who scored very poorly and pulled the average score higher even though most of the players only took 2 seconds
to complete the drill. (i.e. Not a perfect bell shaped curve).
Remember that a higher score (time to complete a drill) is not as good when we are talking about the skating drills where a lower score (time to compete a drill) is better. The above concept is very hard to first understand but after one does the concept of percentiles and averages together provide a very powerful tool and can provide a lot more information than having just one of these scores alone.
Note:
The suggestions given are only a rough guideline based upon the latest research, your age, normal health and the sport and physiological demands of athletes. Should you have any questions, (such as any health related problems) please consult your doctor and exercise specialist for more information. Also, if you experience any pain or discomfort, stop immediately and consult a physician. SPORTQUEST or any of it's employees or associates will not be held responsible, or liable for any injury which may result from following the given general exercise prescriptions. 
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