Golf Athletic Performance Profile
The Golf Athlete
Performance Profile
A force-plate and dynamometer evaluation built for the way a golf swing actually works. Rotational power, force asymmetry and movement quality, measured with lab instruments instead of guesswork.
For college and pre-college golf athletes who are serious about adding speed, building durable power and training the right things in the right order.
Three Questions. One Clear Profile.
A college golfer does not need a full field-sport combine. The Golf APP is a focused power and quality evaluation built around the three questions that actually predict a better, more durable golf athlete.
Can They Produce Force
The golf swing is a ground-up event. We measure how much explosive force the athlete can produce, and how fast they can produce it.
Can They Produce It Rotationally
Vertical force is not the same as rotational power. We measure whether that force actually transfers into the rotational output a swing demands.
Can They Express It Safely
We screen the mobility and movement quality that lets an athlete express power without leaking it into the lower back.
Five Stages. Run In Order.
The Golf APP runs in a fixed sequence. We screen movement before we load it, and we test power before fatigue sets in. Every stage feeds the next.
Athlete Profile
A lean profile that captures the athlete, the competitive level, the injury history and the lead side that frames every result that follows.
Movement Quality Screen
A fast scored screen of the mobility that golf depends on most. Thoracic rotation and pelvis-torso separation are the highest-value checks here.
Lower Body Power
Force-plate jump testing that measures explosive power, the load-and-unload of the swing and the lead-to-trail leg asymmetry that is so often the real story for a golfer.
Neuromuscular Strength
Isometric dynamometer testing that gives a true strength ceiling with no technique noise. Includes the hip rotation strength test most golf evaluations skip entirely.
Rotational Power Output
The headline diagnostic. Rotational output measured and compared against the athlete's force-plate power. This is what separates a strength problem from a sequencing problem.
A Golfer Is A Rotational Athlete
Most gym testing treats a golfer like a general fitness client. CDS does not. We evaluate golfers through a rotational-athlete lens.
The golf swing is a transverse-plane event. Power is created by loading one side of the body, separating the hips from the torso and unwinding that stored energy into a precise output. That is the same chain that drives every elite rotational athlete.
CDS is led by a former NFL player whose career was built on exactly this skill: sequencing ground force through the hips and trunk, and delivering it through a controlled, repeatable rotational motion under pressure. That experience shapes how every golf athlete is evaluated here.
It is why the Golf APP measures hip rotation strength, trunk anti-rotation and pelvis-torso separation directly, instead of treating golf power as a generic strength number.
What Transfers Into A Swing
- ▸Hip-to-shoulder separation. The stored stretch that creates rotational speed.
- ▸Ground force sequencing. Power that starts at the feet and travels up.
- ▸Lead-side posting. The braking and stability that the swing unwinds against.
- ▸Rotational force transfer. A stiff trunk that delivers power instead of leaking it.
- ▸Repeatable output under pressure. The same motion, the same result, every rep.
Not Generic Gym Testing
A golfer who gets tested like a general athlete gets a training plan built for the wrong sport. Here is the difference.
- ×One vertical jump number with no context
- ×Speed and agility drills that golf never uses
- ×No measure of rotational power
- ×No left-to-right asymmetry data
- ×A generic plan that ignores the swing
- ✓Full force-plate kinetics, not a single number
- ✓A golf-specific protocol with no wasted testing
- ✓Rotational power measured as a headline metric
- ✓Lead-to-trail asymmetry on every key test
- ✓A development focus built for the golf swing
Earn Your Spot On The Explosive Power Index
Completing the APP qualifies an athlete for the CDS Explosive Power Index leaderboard. A standardized, tier-ranked measure of explosive output.
Coach Tim Buckley
Every Golf APP is administered and interpreted by the CDS performance specialist.
Tim built CDS as a full-stack athlete performance brand combining in-person training with lab-grade diagnostics. His background as an elite rotational athlete and a biology graduate drives a performance-science-forward approach to evaluating and developing golf athletes.
Start With The Golf APP
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