Catalyst Performance · Youth Athlete Evaluation

Juliet Strohbehn — Performance Profile

Cheer · Age 9 · Benchmarked vs same-age girls
Screen date: July 14, 2026
Age 9 (DOB 8/12/2016)
Weight 35.6 kg · 78 lb
Platform: VALD ForceDecks + DynaMo + physical screen

The one-line read

Juliet has a genuinely good engine and spring. The clearest opportunity — and it shows up in both the force plates and the hands-on screen — is her right side: her right leg is weaker and less stable on single-leg work, and she lands unevenly. Building right-side strength, landing control, and hip mobility directly serves all three of her goals: stay injury-free, jump higher, and get more flexible.

Performance signature — best of multiple trials · Jul 2026

17.6 cm
Countermovement Jump
Solid for age
33 W/kg
Relative Power
Good engine
0.47
Reactive Strength (Drop-Jump)
Springy — a real strength
59%
Single-leg Symmetry (L/R)
Priority · right leg weaker
~32–45%
Landing Asymmetry (L/R)
Priority · uneven landings
~20%
Shoulder Strength (L/R)
Monitor

Juliet's goals — in her words

Short-term

Stay injury-free, get her routine solid, be a positive teammate, and build confidence with her jump height.

Long-term

Earn a bid to nationals and get more flexibility in her legs.

Three focus areas

1
Right-side strength & control
Her right leg jumps noticeably lower than her left on single-leg tests, and the screen shows right-knee and right-foot instability. Building the right side is the single most valuable thing — it protects the knee and ankle and evens out her tumbling and landings.
2
Landing control
She absorbs landings unevenly side-to-side. For a cheerleader who lands constantly, smooth, symmetrical landings are the #1 way to prevent knee & ankle injuries — and they're very trainable at her age.
3
Hip mobility & the left hamstring
Her right hip is tighter than her left (limited extension), and her left hamstring is tight. Targeted mobility unlocks depth, cleaner lines, and the leg flexibility she wants for her jumps.
Page 1 of 5 — Performance Profile for Juliet Strohbehn. Confidential (minor). A performance & movement evaluation, not a medical diagnosis. Captured on VALD ForceDecks + DynaMo with a physical screen by the Catalyst Performance team.

Power & spring — what the plates measured

Juliet stood on dual force plates sampling 1,000×/second through a full jump battery. Here's how she produces power and uses her natural "spring." Values are the best of multiple maximal trials.

A powerful, springy little athlete. Her countermovement jump (17.6 cm) and relative power (33 W/kg) are solid for a 9-year-old girl, and her reactive strength — how well she bounces off the ground — is a genuine strength (drop-jump RSI 0.47, ground-contact ~0.38 s). That elastic "pop" is exactly what a cheerleader needs for jump height.

Jump battery

TestResultWhat it tells us
Countermovement Jump17.6 cmExplosive lower-body power
Relative Power33 W/kgPower per kg of bodyweight
Drop Jump (reactive)18.0 cm · 0.38 s contactElastic "spring" off the ground
Reactive Strength Index0.47How efficiently she re-uses landing energy
Single-leg & rebound jumpscapturedPer-leg power, balance & repeated hops

Her spring is ahead of her stability

Reactive strength (drop-jump RSI)0.47 — good for age
She's quick and elastic off the ground — a real gift for cheer. The opportunity is to give that spring a stable, even base to land on, so it turns into height instead of wobble.
Countermovement jump17.6 cm — solid for a 9-yr-old girl
A good power base to build on as she grows.
How to read these. A 9-year-old's numbers move quickly with growth and skill, so we treat them as a snapshot of a developing athlete — strong spring, stability still catching up — not a fixed verdict. We re-test to track the change.
Page 2 of 5. Each value is the best of multiple maximal trials. VALD ForceDecks, Jul 2026. © Catalyst Performance.

Balance, landing & the hands-on screen

How evenly Juliet's two sides share the work — and why the plates and the physical screen tell the same story. Our symmetry target is under 10%; the bigger the gap, the more it's worth training.

Single-leg jump — left vs rightLeft 14.2 cm vs Right 8.4 cm (≈59% symmetry)
On one leg, her right jumps well below her left. (Dashed line = 90% "even" target.) This is the headline — the right leg needs strength & confidence.
Landing force — how evenly she absorbs impact~32–45% side-to-side
Across her rebound & countermovement jumps, one side takes noticeably more landing force than the other. Uneven landing is the pattern most tied to knee & ankle injury in young jumpers — and it's very trainable.
Push-off (both legs driving up)~9% — fairly even
When both feet drive together, she's close to even. The gap lives specifically in single-leg work and landing — right where cheer loads her.

The hands-on screen agrees

Right side key

In the squat, her right knee drifts out and her right foot is unstable; in lunges the right foot rolls/wobbles. Same right-side signal the plates show.

Hips

Right hip extension is limited (≈60° vs 90° on the left), with side-to-side differences in rotation — capping depth & clean lines.

Left hamstring

Tight left hamstring with a weight-shift in the hip-hinge — a target for her flexibility goal and a knee protector.

Shoulders (DynaMo)

Rotation strength differs ~20% side-to-side — worth keeping an eye on for overhead & tumbling positions.

Everything points one direction. Force plates and the physical screen agree: the right side and landing control are the highest-value focus. That convergence is good news — one focused block improves her stability, her flexibility, and her jump height all at once, while lowering injury risk.
EVIDENCE BASE   Limb-symmetry & injury/return-to-sport (Grindem et al., 2016) · inter-limb asymmetry in youth athletes (Bishop; Read et al.) · landing mechanics & knee injury (Hewett et al.) · youth physical development model (Lloyd & Oliver). Reference research applied to Juliet's data — a snapshot of a 9-year-old, not medical advice.
Page 3 of 5. Symmetry averaged across trials; screen performed by the Catalyst team. A performance evaluation, not a medical diagnosis. © Catalyst Performance.

Body focus map — where to train, and why

Every finding maps to a place on the body. Red = primary focus · gold = secondary.

1 3 3 FRONT · athlete's L / R
1 · Right leg — knee, foot & single-leg strength Primary
Found: right single-leg jump well below left; right knee drifts out & right foot unstable in the screen. Why: a weak, wobbly single leg is the biggest modifiable driver of knee/ankle injury in young jumpers, and it caps landing height. Train: right-biased single-leg strength & balance, foot/ankle control, landing mechanics.
2 · Landing control (both) Primary
Found: uneven landing forces side-to-side across rebound & countermovement jumps. Why: cheer is landing after landing — even, controlled landings are the #1 injury-prevention skill. Train: two- & single-leg landing drills, deceleration, soft symmetrical touchdowns.
3 · Hip mobility & left hamstring Secondary
Found: right hip extension limited (~60° vs 90°); tight left hamstring. Why: unlocks depth, cleaner lines & the leg flexibility she wants, and protects the knee. Train: hip-flexor/hip mobility (right emphasis), hamstring lengthening & eccentric strength.

Benchmarks — Juliet vs same-age girls

Her numbers against reference bands for ~9-year-old girls — DevelopingOn-trackStrong for age. Bands are youth reference ranges, not pass/fail.

Countermovement Jump — power17.6 cm · on-track
Developing <14 cmOn-track 14–19Strong 19+ cm
Reactive Strength (drop-jump RSI) — spring0.47 · strong for age
Developing <0.30On-track 0.30–0.45Strong 0.45+
Single-leg Symmetry (L/R) — higher is better~59% · priority
Needs work <85%Good 85–90Even 90%+
Page 4 of 5. Body map + benchmarks vs ~9-yr-old girls. Reference ranges, not pass/fail lines. © Catalyst Performance.

Juliet's Blueprint — built around her goals

A phased, fun, age-appropriate plan that chases her goals — injury-free, higher jumps, more flexibility, a shot at nationals — by fixing the exact things her screen showed.

Phase 1 — Even & steady (weeks 1–4)

Right side & landings
  • Right-leg strength & balance — single-leg balance games, step-ups, mini-squats with clean knee tracking, foot/ankle control (right-biased).
  • Landing school — soft, symmetrical two-foot and single-leg landings; "stick it" drills so both sides share the load.
  • Hip & hamstring mobility — right-hip opener work + left-hamstring lengthening for her flexibility goal.

Phase 2 — Build & balance (weeks 4–8)

Strength & symmetry
  • Single-leg strength — split squats, step-ups, hops — a little more volume on the right to close the gap.
  • Core & trunk control — anti-rotation & bracing so her power transfers cleanly into jumps & tumbling.
  • Re-test single-leg symmetry & landing at week 8.

Phase 3 — Spring & height (weeks 8–12)

Turn strength into jump height
  • Plyometric progression — pogos → hops → bounds, both legs even, to convert her natural spring into jump height.
  • Cheer-specific — jump & tumbling take-offs/landings with clean, symmetrical mechanics.
  • Full re-screen vs this baseline.

Flexibility (her goal)

Daily hip & hamstring mobility — a few minutes, most days. Consistency beats intensity at 9, and it directly serves her jumps and lines.

Recovery & growth

Sleep is the #1 lever at her age (9–11 hrs). Keep it fun — the goal is a strong, confident, injury-free athlete who loves the sport.

Measure the change

This screen is Juliet's baseline. We re-test on the plates every 8–12 weeks so progress is objective — the right side catching up, landings evening out, jump height climbing — and we adjust the plan to what the numbers show.

Now
Baseline captured
Wk 8
Re-test symmetry & landing
Wk 12
Full re-screen
Page 5 of 5 — Performance Profile for Juliet Strohbehn. Prepared by the Catalyst Performance team · The Studio by Catalyst, Rancho Bernardo · catalystperformancesd.com. A performance & movement evaluation, not a medical diagnosis.