School Talent Detection Program · Now serving the GCC

Find the sport
they were built for.

An AI-powered, school-based talent identification program by Performance First. Standardized physical, psychological and anthropometric testing for students aged 10 to 18, benchmarked against international athlete profiles and delivered inside your school by certified evaluators.

7Dimensions tested
10to18Student age range
25minPer student
6daysFor a 400-student school
The program

Data, not trial and error.

Most young athletes find their sport by accident. Our program replaces guesswork with a scientific, standardized model: every student is assessed across seven dimensions, then guided toward the sport that best matches their natural profile.

FOR SCHOOLS

A flagship program.

Strengthens school teams, opens scholarship pathways, and equips PE teachers with objective data on every student's fitness, health and potential.

FOR PARENTS

Clarity on your child.

A clear, actionable report on your child's abilities and health indicators, with evidence-based guidance toward the most suitable sport.

FOR AUTHORITIES

A national talent pipeline.

Monitor youth fitness at scale, identify emerging talent early, and connect it with federations. Real data to guide programs and policy.

AI-powered analysis

Every test feeds
one intelligent profile.

Raw scores mean little on their own. Our AI-powered dashboards turn each student's results into a complete performance profile in real time: benchmarked against international athlete data, adjusted for age and growth, and translated into a clear sport orientation.

  • ✓ Results benchmarked against international athlete profiles
  • ✓ Sport orientation ranked by match, not opinion
  • ✓ Real-time dashboards for schools and authorities
  • ✓ A secure performance database for long-term monitoring
Sample student profile · Age 13 AI Sport Orientation
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Top sport matchSprint events · Athletics
Profile strength92% match
The test battery

Seven dimensions.
One complete athlete.

Standardized field tests, run the way a performance lab would run them: same protocol for every student, every school, every country.

01 · SPEED

10m sprint

Pure acceleration and reaction off the line.

02 · AGILITY

T-Test

Change of direction at full speed.

03 · POWER

Standing long jump

Explosive strength of the lower limbs.

04 · ENDURANCE

6-minute run

Aerobic capacity, a field proxy for VO₂ max.

05 · FLEXIBILITY

Sit & reach

Joint range of motion and mobility.

06 · COORDINATION

Wall throw

Hand-eye coordination under time pressure.

07 · BODY & MIND

Anthropometry + psychology

Growth, body composition, motivation, confidence and sport preference.

= THE PROFILE

One complete picture

Seven scores become one AI-analyzed profile and a ranked sport recommendation.

Implementation model

Five steps.
Inside your school.

The full cycle runs in five to six weeks for a typical school, using one indoor gym or hall. Students rotate in groups of 6 to 10, guided by a team of certified evaluators.

01 · Registration

Data collection with digital parental approval, handled to GDPR standards. Teacher involvement throughout.

02 · Psychological tests

Sport motivation profile and emotional intelligence screening: motivation, confidence, individual versus team sport preference.

03 · Physical assessment

Anthropometric and physical testing: sprint, agility, jump, endurance, flexibility and coordination batteries.

04 · AI analysis

Results benchmarked against international athlete profiles to generate each student's sport orientation.

05 · Results delivery

Individual reports to parents, a school-level summary, and secure dashboard access for monitoring and comparison.

Then: the pathway

Identified talents can be connected with clubs and federations, and re-tested over time to track development.

Built on privacy. Parental authorization is required for every student. All data lives in a secure performance database, used only for the student's development and monitoring, and shared only with parents, the school and authorized sports bodies.

● International expertise

The team behind
the testing.

The program is built by Performance First's multidisciplinary team of sports physiologists, clinical sport psychologists, data analysts and Olympic coaches, working alongside a network of European high performance experts, including French professionals who contributed to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

It is PhD-led from design to delivery. Every protocol is benchmarked against international standards, every result flows through AI-powered dashboards in real time, and every test is run in person by certified evaluators trained for school settings.

Talk to the team →

Now available across the GCC.

We deploy full testing teams to schools in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, as well as Lebanon. A 400-student school is completed in five to six days on site.

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Start a pilot

Bring the program
to your school.

Tell us about your school or organization. We will come back within 48 hours with a scoped pilot proposal, timeline and budget.

  • ✓ Full testing team deployed to your school
  • ✓ Individual reports for every student and parent
  • ✓ School-level summary and secure dashboard
  • ✓ GDPR-standard consent and data handling

Thanks. Our team will be in touch within 48 hours with a scoped proposal.