Patent ID: 8292788

Claim:
A sensor unit utilized in calculating a universal athletic rating comprising: a user interface configured to receive a selection of a first sporting activity from a plurality of sporting activities, wherein each sporting activity is associated with a consistent plurality of discrete physical tests including at least a first test and a second test, that taken collectively assess skills weighted in a predetermined proportion to be rationally related to skills associated with the selected sporting activity; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method comprising: receiving an electronic signal indicative of a selection of the first sporting activity from the user interface; detecting a plurality of triggering events from at least one sensor of the sensor unit during a first user's performance of the first test of the first sporting activity; based upon a design of the first test, identifying a false triggering event in the plurality of triggering events resulting from the first user's performance of the first test; detecting a plurality of triggering events from the at least one sensor of the sensor unit during a first user's performance of the second test of the first sporting activity; and calculating a single athletic performance score utilizing triggering events obtained during the first user's performance of the discrete physical tests associated with the first sporting activity, wherein false triggering events are not utilized in the calculation of the score.