Baseline Assessment Builder

The Baseline Assessment Builder allows you to compare an athlete's current value against a baseline value. Comparisons can be displayed as a:

• Z-Score (standard deviations from baseline)
• Difference (absolute change from baseline)
• Percentage Difference (percent change from baseline)

This assessment is commonly used to monitor changes in wellness, readiness, performance testing, body composition, workload metrics, or any other tracked data point over time.

By default, the baseline is established using the athlete's first recorded value for the selected field. However, users can also re-establish or re-define baseline values by changing the date range for the data you want to look at. This can be used to create a comparison within each individual season or other defined timeframe, which you can use in a History Table to view the amount of progress for each time period, for example.

Assessment Name

Enter a unique name for the assessment.

This name is used internally when assigning the assessment to layouts and dashboards.

Example:

• Body Weight Change from Baseline
• HRV Z-Score
• Vertical Jump % Change

Display Name

The column header displayed within dashboards and reports.

This can be different from the internal assessment name.

Example:

• BW Δ
• HRV Z
• CMJ %

Assessment Field

Select the metric or data field you would like to evaluate against baseline.

Examples include:

• Body Weight
• Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
• Resting Heart Rate
• Countermovement Jump Height
• Wellness Score
• Any custom assessment field

Value Order

Determines which values are selected when calculating the current comparison value.

Options include:

• Latest
• Oldest
• Highest
• Lowest

The most common setting is Latest, which compares an athlete's most recent value to baseline.

Value Count

Determines how many records will be included in the calculation.

Example:

A value count of 1 uses only the most recent result.

A value count of 7 could average the athlete's last seven values before comparing them to baseline.

Value Aggregation

Determines how multiple selected values are combined.

Common options include:

• Average
• Sum
• Minimum
• Maximum
• Latest

This setting is only relevant when more than one value is included in the calculation.

Example:

Average the last 7 HRV readings before comparing to baseline.

Comparison Date Range

Optional start and end dates used to limit the values included in the comparison calculation.

This is useful when evaluating a specific season, training phase, competition period, or rehabilitation block.

Baseline Population

Determines where the baseline value originates.

Common options include:

Previous Own Values

Compares the athlete against their own historical data.

Team Average

Compares the athlete against the group's baseline average.

Position or Group Average

Compares the athlete against a selected subgroup baseline.

The most common selection is Previous Own Values.

Baseline Per-Athlete Order

Determines which historical values are used to establish an athlete's baseline.

Common options include:

• Oldest
• Latest
• Highest
• Lowest

The default and most frequently used setting is Oldest, which uses the athlete's earliest recorded data point as their baseline.

Baseline Value Count

Determines how many values are used to create the baseline.

Examples:

• 1 = First recorded value
• 3 = Average of first three recorded values
• 5 = Average of first five recorded values

Using multiple values often provides a more stable baseline by reducing the influence of outliers.

Baseline Aggregation

Determines how multiple baseline values are combined.

Common options include:

• Average
• Sum
• Minimum
• Maximum

Most users select Average.

Comparison Method

Determines how the current value is compared to baseline.

Difference to Average

Displays the absolute change between the current value and baseline.

Example:

Baseline HRV = 80 ms

Current HRV = 90 ms

Result = +10 ms

Percentage Difference

Displays the percent change from baseline.

Example:

Baseline HRV = 80 ms

Current HRV = 90 ms

Result = +12.5%

Z-Score

Displays how many standard deviations the current value differs from baseline.

This method is useful when comparing athletes with different scales or normal ranges.

Example:

Current value is 1.8 standard deviations above baseline.

Display

Controls what value appears in dashboards and reports.

Common options include:

• Comparison Value
• Raw Value
• Baseline Value

Most users select Comparison Value.

Threshold Source

Determines which value is evaluated by the threshold system.

Commonly set to:

• Comparison Value
• Raw Value
• Baseline Value

Selecting Comparison Value allows thresholds to react to changes from baseline rather than the raw metric itself.

Thresholds and Color Coding

Thresholds can be configured to automatically highlight values that exceed defined limits.

Common use cases include:

HRV Monitoring

• Green = Within normal range
• Yellow = Moderate deviation
• Red = Significant deviation

Wellness Scores

• Green = Baseline or better
• Yellow = Mild decline
• Red = Meaningful decline

Performance Testing

• Green = Improvement from baseline
• Yellow = Minimal change
• Red = Performance decrease

Thresholds should be entered in ascending order and can be sorted automatically using the sort button.

Common Use Cases

Readiness Monitoring

Compare daily HRV, resting heart rate, or wellness scores against baseline values.

Performance Testing

Track changes in jump performance, sprint times, strength metrics, or aerobic fitness.

Body Composition

Monitor changes in body weight, body fat percentage, or lean mass.

Rehabilitation

Measure recovery progress against pre-injury benchmarks.

Seasonal Evaluations

Create new baselines at the start of each season and compare athletes against that season's reference values.

Example Setup

Goal: Compare an athlete's current HRV to their first seven HRV readings.

This configuration displays the percentage change between an athlete's most recent HRV and the average of their first seven recorded HRV values.