Move the Needle: The Human Performance Podcast Luke Storey: Refining Basketball Assessment
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Jan 14, 2026 
Luke Storey, Senior Associate Athletic Director at UCSB, shares his extensive experience in basketball assessment and performance. He discusses the long-standing partnership between P3 and UCSB, highlighting unique diversity in athlete assessments. Luke details how metrics guide training decisions, including translation from ankle mobility to plyometric drills. He emphasizes managing health over mere development, the importance of individualized programming, and the effective use of archetypes to enhance athlete buy-in, all while sharing insightful anecdotes from his career.
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Fix Landing With Dorsiflexion Drills
- Teach and reinforce dorsiflexed landing positions through low-level plyometrics and jump-rope progressions.
- Add peroneal strength work and angled plyos to reduce inversion risk and bone-overuse concerns.
Vertical And Lateral Ability Align
- Most athletes who are excellent laterally are excellent vertically, so focus on outliers rather than assuming separateness.
- Use combined assessments to find those outliers and tailor interventions accordingly.
Kinematics Drive Kinetic Differences
- Kinematic strategies should produce kinetic differences, so assess both to understand unique movement profiles.
- High-frequency markerless motion capture may reveal defender-specific kinematic traits over time.