ATHLETE REPRESENTATION MATTERS
The S2 Evaluation should be part of your athlete package.
The majority of professional sports clubs do not use the S2 score as a yes/no decision.
S2 can’t predict whether a player will become an all-pro or a franchise’s savior, but it doesn’t attempt to. Rather, its tests are designed to give a more applicable measure of how efficiently a player thinks on the field.
“It’s just another piece that you’re adding to the puzzle, beyond the personality, the leadership.”
Brandon Beane
GM Buffalo Bills
“You don’t draft a guy because of his S2 (score), but if it confirms what you see on tape & confirms the reasons you like him, then that becomes a factor.”
Martin Mayhew
GM Washington Commanders
*From the Washington Post
S2 Cognition as a Metric of Capacity
Predicting success on the athlete field is hard…if not impossible.
Hall of Fame athletes have a WIDE range of performance at the lower levels and have been 1st round picks or undrafted free agents. S2 Cognition does not try an add to the fallacy of predicting future success. While cognition is important to success, it does not predict success. S2 hopes to support athletes by capturing how they are wired to play the game. Knowing cognitive strengths and weaknesses, or their cognitive play style, can put your athlete in the best position to succeed and/or get up to speed quicker when they enter the building. For example, some DBs have a cognitive profile better suited to man vs man coverage rather than zone coverage. Some LBs have a cognitive profile that can be described as a “heat-seeking missile” rather than a read-react patient coverage backer. When we can help describe where a player will be most successful or which schemes that player is better suited for, the better match for their future team and coordinator. The coaching staff will know exactly how to utilize that player and can build a player development strategy to improve their weaknesses.