Golf athleticism rating system

Abstract

Aspects of this disclosure relate to systems and methods for rating the performance of an athlete, particularly a golf athlete. The systems and method may include instructing the user to perform multiple golf-relevant athleticism drills or tests such as a stepping exercise, a broad jump, a wood-chop bounce, a countermovement lateral hop and/or a side-sling object launch. One or more drills or tests may be performed in a hip-neutral manner so as to simulate a golfer's stance. The performance data collected from each of these tests may be input into a processing system to generate an athleticism rank and score for each test as well as an overall, multi-factorial rating of golf athleticism.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a computing system having at least one processor, athletic performance results from multiple types of performance tests, the athletic performance results including at least two selected from the following:   a change in pulse of an athlete measured during a stepping exercise,   a broad jump distance of an athlete,   a lateral hop distance of an athlete,   a bounce distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete in a downward direction toward a target, and   a sling distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete using a underhanded side sling; and   generating, by the computing system, a golf athleticism rating based on the at least two athletic performance results.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the athletic performance results includes the thrown distance of the ball, and wherein the method further includes receiving, at the computing system, the sling distance of the ball during an exercise in which the athlete holds an object between the athlete's legs while performing the underhanded side sling. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the stepping exercise includes multiple rounds of stepping by the athlete, each round of stepping followed by a rest period. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating an athleticism score for each athleticism performance result, and wherein generating the golf athleticism rating includes combining each athleticism score. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein generating the athleticism score for each athletic performance result includes normalizing the athletic performance result data to a common scale. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the athletic performance results is received from an athletic performance field having one or more integrated sensors. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the athletic performance field comprises a portable test field. 
     
     
         8 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor; and   memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:   receive athletic performance results corresponding to an athlete's performance during multiple types of athletic exercises, the athletic performance results including at least two of:   a change in pulse of an athlete measured during a stepping exercise,   a broad jump distance of an athlete,   a lateral hop distance of an athlete,   a bounce distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete in a downward direction toward a target, and   a sling distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete using a underhanded side sling; and   generate a golf athleticism rating based on the at least two athletic performance results.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the athletic performance results includes the sling distance of the ball, and wherein the method further includes receiving, at the computing system, the sling distance of the ball during an exercise in which the athlete holds an object between the athlete's legs while performing the underhanded single-hand throw. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the stepping exercise includes multiple rounds of stepping by the athlete, each round of stepping followed by a rest period. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , further comprising computer readable instructions for generating an athleticism score for each athletic performance result, and wherein generating the golf athleticism rating includes combining the athleticism scores. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein generating each athleticism score includes normalizing the athleticism result to a common scale. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the athletic performance results is received from an athletic performance field having one or more integrated sensors. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the athletic performance field comprises a portable test field. 
     
     
         15 . One or more non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a processor perform a method for evaluating the athleticism of an athlete in golf, the method comprising:
 receiving at least two results for the athlete's performance in at least two different athletic performance tests related to golf;   comparing each of the at least two results to a corresponding distribution of test results of athletic data for athletes similar to the athlete and determining a percentile ranking for each of the at least two results;   transforming the percentile ranking for each of the at least two results to a fractional event point number for each result, wherein the percentile rankings for each of the at least two results are progressive; and   determining an athleticism rating score for the athlete in golf based on the fractional event point numbers.   
     
     
         16 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of  claim 15 , further comprising determining an athleticism score includes combining the fractional event point numbers to determine a combined fractional event point number and applying a scaling factor to the combined fractional event point number. 
     
     
         17 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of  claim 16 , wherein transforming the percentile ranking for the at least two results to the fractional event point number comprises applying an inverse-Weibull transformation. 
     
     
         18 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of  claim 17 , wherein the distribution of test results of athletic data for athletes similar to the athlete is determined using the empirical cumulative distribution function. 
     
     
         19 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of  claim 18 , wherein the percentile ranking for each of the at least two results is capped at a ceiling value. 
     
     
         20 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of  claim 15 , wherein the athletic performance results including at least two of:
 a change in pulse of an athlete measured during a stepping exercise,   a broad jump distance of an athlete,   a lateral hop distance of an athlete,   a bounce distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete in a downward direction toward a target, and   a sling distance of a ball when thrown by the athlete using a underhanded side sling.