Why Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles stand apart from other DISC Providers:
1. The Only Sport-Specific DISC Profiles available, globally.
Ok, we’ve already said this but don’t underestimate how important this is. Most DISC Profiling tools are designed for business or corporate use, while Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles are developed exclusively for sport. This ensures the language, examples, and recommendations are directly relevant to athletes, coaches, and administrators. Sport is unique, and those involved deserve a tool that is directly applicable and useful to them without requiring any translation or wading through irrelevant language that is specific to business.
Plus, being experts in the people side of sport, Athlete Assessments has inside knowledge (and statistical data to back it up) that shows how high-performance sport and general populations are different. Make this your competitive advantage!
2. DISC Reports that are Tailored by Role
Extending on the first point, we don’t provide a one-size-fits-all generic report. Athletes, coaches, and administrators each receive a version tailored to their role, making the insights practical and immediately actionable within their environment and role. The AthleteDISC, CoachDISC, and Sports ManagerDISC Profiles ensure a common language and framework can be applied across a team or sporting organization, while the context specific reports create resonance and enhanced understanding for the individual. And, for someone working with these different groups, they have the ease of moving between the different reports with the consistent layout and structure.
3. Designed for Practical Application and Built for High-Performance Environments
Athlete Assessments’ DISC Reports are thorough, but easy to read, with additional reporting capabilities including team dynamic, pair collaboration, and useful summaries available alongside the comprehensive individual reports. With clear graphs, visuals, and language that resonates, end-users can interpret and apply their results without needing a facilitator to translate business or psychological jargon.
Whether you’re looking for a quick summary or a deep-dive, you’ve got both at your fingertips once an individual has completed the 12-minute online survey. This also benefits the Sport Psychologists, Mental Performance, and Development consultants we work with, allowing them and those they work with to focus more on the application rather than explaining how to interpret the reports. The reports are designed to support immediate application. Whether it’s strategies for better communication, leadership, or team culture, the insights are designed to move from ‘profile’ to ‘performance’.
Generic assessments often miss the realities of sport. Our DISC Profiles are built with the demands of elite performance, high stakes, and team dynamics in mind.
4. Reports Create Independence, Not Dependence
Because the language is clear and relevant to each individual’s sporting role, and the graphs are intuitive, athletes and coaches can own their insights. This reduces the dependency on the facilitator for understanding, instead allowing a consultant’s role to be more impactful by increasing practical application and long-term value.
Our DISC Profiles are not a ‘one-off test’, they integrate seamlessly into team development, leadership programs, coach education, and academic curriculum, ensuring relevance and longevity.
5. Unmatched Supporting Resources
Unmatched in our extensive library of video, workbook, online, and written resources, Athlete Assessments ensures our clients are fully equipped and supported with everything they need to genuinely benefit from the use of DISC Profiling in sport. Teamwork, leadership development, and performance improvement are not one-time events. Instead, they rely on consistent commitment and access to quality resources, spaced over time, for ongoing development.
6. Observer Feedback at No Extra Cost, Plus Many Additional Reporting Options
Observer feedback allows individuals to receive input from teammates, staff, or others, transforming the DISC Profile into a valuable 360-degree profile. Athlete Assessments includes this feature at no additional charge, while ompetitors often charge extra for this or don’t offer it at all.
The individual AthleteDISC, CoachDISC, and Sports ManagerDISC Profile Reports have enormous value and this is just one of the additional capabilities that we offer. Also ask us about our Career Management Report (for career planning and athlete transition) or the numerous group and summary reporting including Team Dynamic Reporting, One-Page Summary Reports, and Pair Collaboration. All included at no additional cost.
7. Multiple Uses Across the Entire Sports Industry and the 'Life Cycle' of Careers
Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles are not limited to one type of user or one moment in time, they are applied across the full spectrum of the sports industry and across all stages of the career life cycle. Athletes use the AthleteDISC Profile to build self-awareness, improve teamwork, enhance their ability to perform and respond to stress and pressure, and prepare for leadership roles or life after sport. Coaches rely on them to build awareness of their coaching style, better understand their athletes during recruitment, onboarding, and development, enhance communication, and strengthen team culture. Sports administrators and high-performance staff integrate them into recruitment, onboarding, and daily operations, as well as dedicated professional development initiatives.
At the academic level, universities use DISC to prepare students for sport management and coaching careers. Even beyond active competition, former athletes and professionals use their DISC Profiles for career planning, identifying transferable skills, and navigating transitions into new industries. This broad applicability makes Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles a valuable, versatile tool across the entire sports ecosystem.
8. Natural vs. Adapted Graphs
Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles show an individual’s natural style (most preferred way of behaving) and adapted style (context specific). This distinction is invaluable in sport because athletes and coaches often perform under pressure or in high-stakes environments that may demand different behaviors than their natural tendencies. For example, a naturally reserved athlete may adapt to be more vocal on game day to communicate on-court, or a coach who prefers structure may adapt to be more flexible when managing unpredictable situations.
This awareness allows athletes, coaches, and administrators to:
Recognize the impact of stress and pressure on their behavior.
Identify whether their adaptations are helping or hindering performance.
Develop strategies to align their adapted behavior more effectively with team goals.
In essence, the natural vs. adapted graphs provide a window into why we do what we do, providing a useful reference point for which we can then build adaptability from, both of which are critical factors for sustainable performance and growth in sport.
9. Validity and Reliability Determined by Third-Party Experts
Not all assessments are subject to the level of rigorous third party review that Athlete Assessments voluntarily undergoes. The Assessment Standards Institute certifies the reliability and validity of our assessments, to ensure continued compliance with professional industry standards. Few others can claim this. Importantly, assessments developed for business do not transition perfectly across to sport, nor can they provide a relevant sample population for reliable comparison. It matters that Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles are uniquely for sport.
10. Partner with and Directly Research with the Best Academic Minds
Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles are also used in the classrooms of many leading sport management, kinesiology, sport leadership, coaching, and sport psychology university programs in the USA, UK, New Zealand, and Australia. This provides unparalleled access to the best research minds in sport, and Athlete Assessments actively engages in relevant research opportunities with these top academics.
11. Expert Support and Experience in Sport
Athlete Assessments was founded by 4x Olympian and 3x Olympic Medalist, Bo Hanson, who worked with a team of passionate experts including sports coaches, IT developers, and other DISC accredited professionals to create the AthleteDISC Profile in 2007, combining real-world sport experience with behavioral science. Following the successful launch and use of the AthleteDISC, the CoachDISC Profile was created and launched in 2009, and the Sports ManagerDISC in 2011.
Our expertise and practical experience in sport at the highest levels, is unique compared to other DISC providers with purely corporate backgrounds who have an interest in sport. Plus, over the last two decades Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles have expanded and continued to develop for an even more valuable and impactful experience by those using them. We know many organizations boast about their client service, however they would not come close to the level of commitment our team has. The most common complement we receive about our client management team is how much they truly care and how invested they are.
12. Trusted Worldwide in Sport
While we started as an Australian company (and Aussies have a reputation for our sporting success), we now partner with some of the world’s leading sport psychologists, performance consultants, coach developers, and universities. Our clients include top Olympic, Paralympic, National, Professional, State, and US College Athletics programs, as well as high-performance teams across every level of sport.
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Today, Athlete Assessments is recognized as the premier global expert in people performance in sport. Our clients span the globe: from professional hockey teams in Switzerland, to coaches’ academies in Japan, US Olympic programs, athlete-transition consultants for the NFL, and hundreds of college athletics departments and university programs. Our reputation is built on delivering the highest quality, sport-specific DISC assessments that empower individuals and teams to achieve sustained success.
In sport, the difference between good and great is found in the details. Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiles are purpose-built for those details; delivering insights that athletes, coaches, and administrators can immediately use to build stronger relationships, improve communication, and perform at their best.
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