Better Athlete™ · Methodology
The Signal Model
Four signals watch every athlete. On their own they’re just numbers — the intelligence lives in how they cross. Better Athlete structures those crossings into one addressable record, so a single read can drive both a precise prescription and a clear message to everyone around the athlete.
The convergence
Move
MOVEMENT
Load
TRAINING
Bio
BIOMETRICS
Feel
SELF-REPORT
PUSH
GO
FOUR SIGNALS
The four signals
MoveMOVEMENT QUALITYper session
Mobility, stability and motor control — scored assessments plus in-session mechanics. Can the body produce clean patterns?
LoadTRAINING LOADper session
Volume, intensity and acute:chronic ratio — every rep the body is asked to absorb. How much work is going in?
BioBIOMETRICScontinuous
HRV, resting HR, sleep and respiration — the objective physiology of recovery. Is the body keeping up?
FeelSELF-REPORTdaily
Soreness, mood, energy and pain — the athlete’s own read, in their own words. What does it feel like from the inside?
No single signal decides. A great Load number means nothing if Bio says the body isn’t recovering. The precision lives in the crossings.
How the four signals interact — the crossings that carry the signal
×LOAD × BIO
Strain vs. recovery
Load read against HRV and sleep: is the body absorbing the work or falling behind it?
The most predictive crossing for non-contact injury.
×BIO × FEEL
Body vs. perception
Objective physiology against self-report: catches who feels fine but isn’t — and who’s fine but rattled.
Separates physiology from psychology.
×FEEL × MOVE
Compensation flag
Soreness and pain mapped onto movement scores: where does perceived cost show up as altered mechanics?
Earliest visible sign of an emerging issue.
×MOVE × LOAD
Quality under load
Movement competency weighed against the load it carries: clean patterns at low load can break at high.
Sets the safe ceiling for dosing.
The crossings resolve to one call
Push
GO
Hold
STEADY
Shift
ADJUST
Ease
BACK OFF
Heal
RECOVER
Structured for precision & communication
01
Capture
Four streams, each on its own cadence.
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02
Normalize
Scored 0–100 against the athlete’s own baseline.
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03
Integrate
Weighted model reads the crossings, not just the reads.
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04
Resolve
One tier, a confidence, and a named driver.
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05
Route
One record addresses every role in the athlete’s world.
THE STRUCTURED RECORD
readiness_record {
  athlete_id   A-2231
  date         2026-07-14
  signals {
    move  72  ↑ base +4
    load  58  ↓ ACWR 1.31
    bio   64  – HRV -1.2σ
    feel  70  ↑ self-report
  }
  crossings {
    load×bio   strain>recovery
    feel×move  clean
  }
  decision {
    tier         HOLD
    confidence   0.86
    driver       load×bio
  }
}
One addressable object. Everything downstream reads from this same record — so precision and communication can never drift apart.
PrecisionSAME RECORD → EXACT DOSE
The tier plus its driver prescribes to the rep. A HOLD driven by load×bio isn’t “rest” — it’s a specific, bounded adjustment:
volume −20%intensity cap RPE 7full skill workreassess 48h
CommunicationSAME RECORD → FOUR AUDIENCES
ATHLETE
“Ease off the gas today — you’re fine, just recovering.”
PARENT
“Normal mid-season dip. Nothing’s wrong.”
COACH
“Available, capped volume, no max efforts.”
CARE
“HRV-driven HOLD, ACWR 1.31 — monitor 48h.”
Four signals in, one structured record out — the same truth reaches the athlete, the family, the coach and the clinician, each in the language they need.