The F6 athletedevelopment system
Achieving world-class potential based on data and technology
We use data and technology to understand how each athlete moves and thinks, and what’s holding them back. Whether they play football or one of 20 other sports we support, every athlete is assessed using our proprietary TAPES framework, with tests suited to their age.
21 sports, one standard.
Football and 20 others. Every athlete is measured against the same five pillars, with the tests chosen for their sport and their age.
- Football
- Basketball
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Rugby
- Cricket
- Rowing
- Curling
- Gymnastics
- Dance
- Wrestling
- Hockey
- Baseball
- Netball
- Golf
- Boxing
- Cycling
- Badminton
5
Pillars measured
Technical, athletic, psychological, educational and social
2
Assessment sessions
Day one technical and athletic; day two the remaining three pillars and repeats
0-100
fEuzionScore™ range
One number, built from the five pillar scores
5-30
Ages assessed
Across 21 sports, from primary-school age to senior level
The framework
Five pillars. One athlete.
TAPES stands for Technical, Athletic, Psychological, Educational and Social. A football assessment that measures only the first two describes a fraction of the player. We measure all five, score each against a written rubric, and record the evidence behind every score.
Technical
Sport-specific skill execution, game intelligence and technical quality. First touch on both feet, ball manipulation, speed with the ball, control in small spaces, scanning and anticipation, passing range and timing, and the quality of decisions under time pressure.
Athletic
Speed, agility, power, strength, endurance, flexibility, mobility and physical readiness. The most data-heavy part of the assessment: timed sprints, directional agility, jump testing, anaerobic and aerobic work, and range-of-movement measures, with every repetition recorded rather than only the best one.
Psychological
Motivation, mindset, emotional control, cognitive processing and behaviour under pressure. How a player handles frustration, correction and a setback. It carries the heaviest weight in our football model, because it is the pillar that most often decides whether the other four improve.
Educational
Learning, retention and application. How quickly a player understands a new instruction, how they prefer to be taught, whether they still have it next week, and whether they can use it in a drill they have not seen before.
Social
Manners, respect, humility, communication, leadership, teamwork and conduct. Recorded as observed behaviour with dates, context and examples, never as a judgement about a child's personality.
How the five combine
Each pillar is scored against a rubric, weighted for football, and combined into a single fEuzionScore™ from 0 to 100. Most of the report is what sits underneath that number: the pillar detail, and the two or three development priorities that come out of it.
The method, in three pages.
Every athlete starts with the diagnostic, whatever their current level. What happens over the two days, what the written report holds, and how the score is read each have a page of their own.
- How the two days runFrom onboarding before you travel to the feedback conversation and a retest date in the diary.
- What the report containsThe twelve things every written report carries: what is measured, and what you take away.
- Scores and bandsOne scale from 0 to 100, four bands, what each band means and what happens next.
Footballers aged 5 to 30.
Football and twenty other sports. We assess athletes from five years old to senior level, and the emphasis changes as they grow. For younger athletes we weight learning, movement quality, enjoyment and developmental trajectory ahead of current physical output.
U6-U9
The focus is movement quality, learning and enjoyment. Testing is short, demonstrated and age-appropriate, and the report is written around how your child learns rather than how fast they ran.
U10-U12
The first age where the full battery is genuinely informative. Technical and athletic testing alongside learning, behaviour and social observation, with a development plan a parent and a grassroots coach can both use.
U13-U15
Growth makes results move around, sometimes sharply. This is the age where measuring consistency matters more than measuring a personal best, and where the retest cycle does most of the work.
U16-U18 and Senior
Pathway decisions, trial preparation and performance-phase development, including players already attached to an academy or club who want an independent read on where the gaps are.
Players
Two pathways run through every age band
One for unsigned players, one for players already attached to a club or academy. If you are looking for that athletic edge, the TAPES system shows you where it is and tracks the metrics as you close the gap.
Scouts and clubs
One system to measure performance and improvement
As a scout, manager or football professional you need to measure players accurately and consistently. The fEuzion app holds every assessment, score and retest in one place, under the athlete's recorded permissions.
Levels
Programmes from development to world class
Development (5-8), pre-academy, academy, scholar, U21 pro development, national league, League 2, League 1, Championship, Premiership and world class. Every price is published on the pricing page, grouped by age and level.
The venue
Assessed at Lee Valley Athletic Centre.
Every diagnostic is delivered at Lee Valley Athletic Centre on Meridian Way in north London, Dr Bruce-de-Rouche’s operating base since 1992. It has an indoor 200 m six-lane track and a 130 m sprint straight, so timed testing happens indoors on a measured surface. If the surface changes between visits, the retest tells you less.
Sports science and physiotherapy facilities are on site, distances are measured and marked before each session, and conditions are recorded whenever they could affect a result.
Sports medicine is on site through hFLmEdic, the MBSP medical division, and Lee Valley is the London base of a network that works across fifteen territories. Injury and rehabilitation and the MBSP network each have a page.
Getting there and what to expectAre you a coach? You can license the standard.
A three-day certification at Lee Valley, then a twelve-month licence to deliver TAPES assessments in your own practice. Certification is earned at the event, not conferred by attending it.
Answers for parents.
The six we are asked most. There are more on the full FAQ page.
What does the assessment cost?
Every price is published. The whole list, covering speed, football, strength and conditioning, diagnostics and programmes, is on the pricing page, grouped by age so you can find yours without learning our service names first. We confirm the figure in writing before you book, and no deposit is taken until you have it.
How long does it take?
The standard diagnostic runs over two sessions of 120 minutes: day one for technical and athletic testing, day two for the psychological, educational and social pillars plus repeat measures. The feedback conversation is separate and unhurried. Other services are shorter: 45 minutes for the younger age groups and entry-level sessions, 60 for the older age groups and the professional tiers.
What will my child actually be doing?
Timed sprints over short distances, agility work in both directions, jump tests, some running endurance work, and football-specific tasks with a ball. On the second day, questionnaires, a learning task and guided scenarios. Every test is demonstrated first, the warm-up is age appropriate, and your child is told plainly that they can stop at any time.
Is it safe?
Testing stops if an athlete reports pain, dizziness, discomfort or any injury symptom, and it stops if landing quality deteriorates during jump testing. We take medical history, current injury status, medication and allergies at onboarding, and we run a readiness check on the day. There is a first-aid kit, water and an incident-recording procedure on site.
Who sees my child's data?
Only people who need it for their role, under your recorded permissions. Sharing a report with a club, a scout or a school requires your consent first, recorded separately from your consent to be assessed. You can withdraw a permission and we record the withdrawal immediately.
Can you get my child into an academy?
No, and anyone who tells you they can is selling you something else. We do not offer, imply or estimate an academy place, a signing, a contract or a future value. What we produce is a record of what your child can do now, measured consistently, and the two or three things that would make the biggest difference next.
Get started
Book a diagnostic.
Tell us about your footballer. We will come back with dates, what the session involves and what it costs. There is no commitment at this stage; the first step is a conversation.
- Phone
- +44 (77) 340 91064
- Find us
- Lee Valley Athletic Centre, Meridian Way, London, N9 0AS