April 11, 2022 @ 11:37 PM
The best option is for coaches never to do an assessment again! Deligate! Read "
PARS Coordinators: Worth thier weight in gold" But if you insist...
PARS is intuitive and easy to use. However, it is comprehensive and coaches have lots of questions as they use it the first few times. Coaches become more comfortable and more efficient as they use the app.
- Coaches can get familiar with the content and features of the app by creating a couple fake boxers. Go slow and think about the pages. Create a fake intake assessment (ENB) using a date a year ago and a fake reassessment dated today for that boxer.
- Study your fake boxer PARs. What information is ......
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April 11, 2022 @ 10:59 PM
There are several time elements to consider. First is separating the time an assessment appointment takes compared to time required to do the actual assessment. As an example, a new boxer intake assessment appointment might include welcome and introduction time, Rock Steady program description and benefits time, workout observations time, and... an assessment. After the assessment there are questions, glove fitting and the new client paperwork. Most coaches don't make a point of noting when the assessment is started or finished. So, coaches report an intake assessment might take an hour up to 2 hours.
The PDQ-39 typically takes less than 5 minutes to fill out and 12 physical tests at 30 ......
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April 10, 2022 @ 11:29 PM
BwP recently enhanced the Symptoms module to become a full Fighter's Parkinson's Profile with several changes.
- The Parkinson's Profile has been added as part of assessments so you create a new record of the fighter's symptoms with each assessment. This allows you to compare which symptoms the fighter has and changes in their severity over time.
- We added 2 photos... a standing front facing photo and a standing side photo... to track postural changes over time.
- We added a new Severity Slider to rate symptoms from 1 (minor) to 10 (major).
- We organized the sections better.
- We added new symptoms and changed the names of some symptoms to make things clearer and to follow professional nomenclature.
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April 10, 2022 @ 11:20 PM
The FAB Standing Jump, test 8, has special scoring considerations. Below is a brief description of the considerations followed by extended explanations.
- Measure toe-to-heel or toe-to-toe? PARS is based on a toe-to-toe measurement. How far did they jump? How far did their nose travel? Their toes? PARS records and tracks the distance to track distance changes over time.
- Size matters: This test score is based on jumping greater than the length of the Boxer's foot or twice the Boxer's foot length. So, coaches need to know the length of their Boxer's feet!
- "4" doesn't tell the whole story: A boxer who can jump 36 inches will......
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