Movement Competency Screen Scoring Criteria

Body Region/Capacity	MCS Task 1 Body Weight Squat	MSC Task 2 Counter Movement Jump	MSC Task 3 Lunge and Twist	MCS Task 4 Bilateral broad jump with unilateral land	MCS Task 5 Body weight single leg squat	MCS Task 6 Counter movement jump off two landing on one
Head	Held stable in a neutral position and centrally aligned
Shoulders	Held down and away from ears. Elbows appear in line with ears. Thoracic extension is evident	Held down away from ears. Elbows in line with ears.	Held down and away from ears. Rotation appears to occur through thoracic spine. Elbows is at least inline with the lead knee at end range of rotation	Held down away from ears.	Held down away from ears. Elbows in line with ears. Thoracic extension is clear	Shoulders held down away from ears. Elbows in line with ears.
Lumbar	Neutral curve	Maintains lumbar curve, no hyperextension, rotation or flexion	Held stable, neutral spine is maintained through out rotation. Rotation and/or lateral flexion does not occur about the lumbar region during trunk rotation	Maintains lumbar curve, no hyperextension, rotation or flexion	Held stable in a neutral spine position throughout lower limb flexion and extension	Maintains lumbar curve, no hyperextension, rotation or flexion
Hips	Movement is initiated with hip flexion. Remain horizontally aligned during flexion and extension. Obviously moving back and down during flexion		Horizontally aligned, mobile and stable to prohibit elevation and depression during rotation	Horizontally aligned and stable to minimize elevation and depression during landing	Movement is initiated with hip flexion. Remain horizontally aligned during flexion and extension. Clearly moving back and down during flexion, minimal weight shift over stand leg.
Knees	Aligned with hips and feet during flexion		Aligned with hips and feet during flexion and do not move laterally with rotation	Aligned with hips and feet	Aligned with the hip and foot during flexion and extension	Aligned with hips and feet
Ankles	Mobility allow adequate dorsiflexion during knee and hip flexion
Feet	Stable with heels grounded during lower limb flexion		Heel of lead leg in contact with the floor, trail foot flexed and balanced on forefoot	Stable	Stable with heels grounded during lower limb flexion
Balance		Evenly distributed	Maintained on each leg	Able to control and stick landing	Maintained on each leg	Able to control stick landing
Depth	90 degrees or greater of hip flexion	70 degrees or greater of hip flexion	Lead thigh parallel to the floor	70 degrees of hip flexion	70 degrees of hip flexion	70 degrees of hip flexion

Body Region/Capacity	MCS Task 7 Bend and Pull	MSC Task 8 Press up
Head	Held stable in a neutral position
Shoulders	Held down away from ears during arm flexion and extension. Scapulae move balanced and rhythmic and are not excessively abducted at arm extension	Held down and away from ears during arm flexion and extension. Scapulae move balanced and rhythmic and are not excessively abducted at arm extension
Lumbar	Held stable in neutral spine position throughout trunk flexion and extension	Held in stable neutral spine position
Hips	Movement is initiated with hip flexion. Extension is obvious and controlled	Held in line with the body during arm flexion and extension
Knees	Neutral position and held stable	Extended and held stable
Ankles	NA	NA
Feet	Pointing straight	Feet straight, heels not falling in or out
Balance	Maintained	NA
Depth	75 - 90 degrees or greater of trunk flexion	Chest touches floor

Adapted from Kritz (34), Kritz ^45,59 and Vanweerd ⁴⁷