THE FUTUREOF MOVEMENTASSESSMENTInjury prevention solutions for football

By maintaining team

and squad continuity so

on-field playing rhythm

isn’t disrupted by injury

By protecting the long-term value of your

‘playing assets’ and ensuring individuals

aren’t labelled ‘injury prone’

By enabling the consistent, season-long

training necessary to deliver the highest level

of competitive performance

By elevating individual player morale as they

stay injury-free and able to perform

competitively week in, week out

By helping you identify, track and then

develop ‘home-grown’ talent to its full

potential

By allowing your medical and sport science

staff to concentrate on preventing injuries

rather than treating them, you will avoid

treatment costs

How The FootballMatrix will benefit

your club

+44 (0)3301 234233theperformancematrix.comThe West Wing, 1 Glass Wharf, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS2 0EL

THE PERFORMANCE MATRIX PLATFORM

For athletes: to improve movement efficiency,optimise musculoskeletal health, reduce injury risk

and enhance performance.

Screening and ReportAn innovative movement assessment system producing a report which details risk areas and assets to inform training. Scoring and comparison system for monitoring progress.

Training ModulesAccess to a comprehensive programme of eLearning modules and workshops.

Exercise Catalogue Create a quick and easy online athlete focused training programme based on the screen report.

The Football Matrix offers your club anunparalleled opportunity to reduce the risk ofinjury and improve the performance of individualplayers and team alike. It is designed to be themost accurate, comprehensive andtechnologically advanced screening available foridentifying the uncontrolled movements that leadto avoidable injury. As such it will provide an

invaluable insight intopreviously ‘invisible breakdownpoints’ that can disrupt a teamand a player’s season. Unlikeother screening programmes,The Football Matrix uses aunique process of highlightingspecific risk areas that needaddressing and assets that willallow you to optimise trainingfor maximum effect. Completewith a scoring system, adetailed report enablescomparative on-goingassessment.

All this equips you to create and developindividually-tailored training programmes thatmodify potentially disruptive movements pre-injury, and which can be integrated intowarm-ups, prehab, group sessions or strengthtraining. Because it is specific to the sport, TheFootball Matrix helps you focus your efforts onoptimising a player’s competitive on-fieldpotential rather than spending valuable time andeffort on post-injury rehabilitation.

Minimise risk of player injury,

maximiseperformance

potential

Of 90 professionalfootballers screened usingThe Football Matrix*, nearly

all (98.9%) failed one or more of the lumbopelvicmovement control tests they performed, withmost (78.9%) showing uncontrolled lumbarextension in the series of high threshold strengthand speed tests for lumbopelvic movementcontrol. The hamstring was the second mostcommonly reported injury with uncontrolled lowback extension (high load) showing a significantassociation with the likelihood of having ahamstring injury**.

* An Online Movement and PerformanceScreen to Identify and Classify Uncontrolled MovementComerford M, Mottram S, Barr A, 2011

** History of Hamstring Injuries is Associatedwith Poor Control of Lumbar ExtensionMottram S, Barr A, Roussel N & Comerford M 2012

The FootballMatrix in action

The Football Matrix has beendeveloped by a team ofinternational movementexperts, led by Mark Comerford,Sarah Mottram and Andy Barr atMovement PerformanceSolutions (MPS), which providesworld-class consultancy, trainingand products to professionalsworking in sport andrehabilitation.

Your Football Matrix Platform gives you• A bespoke login system to your own onlineportal

• Multiple user access to your account to giveyour team maximum flexibility

• Movement performance screens for your players• A highly specific assessment report that detailsinjury risk

• A comprehensive comparison system that cantrack both group and individual progress

• An extensive training programme on ‘How tooptimise The Football Matrix’, to enable you torealise the system’s full potential

• Access to our on-going consultancy service,which will allow you to develop and customiseThe Football Matrix even further to your specificclub requirements

The tried andtested injuryprevention

solution

Invest in the best testing and screening method available to prevent injury and improve performance