The Foundry Standard
BodyMindCharacterService
Every drill, lesson, assessment, and report serves one picture: the young person The Foundry exists to form.
The Foundry Graduate
Who a Foundry athlete becomes.
A Foundry graduate moves with speed, control, and confidence, and knows how to train and care for their own body. They can focus when it matters and stay composed under pressure, win or lose. They keep their word, do the work when no one is watching, and accept correction without excuse. They make the people around them better: they lead by example, encourage by name, and give back to the community and to the younger athletes coming behind them.
The Four Pillars
How the Standard is built, and how we know.
50 drills · 5 tests · 3 assessments a term.
How we build it
- A written curriculum of fifty drills, each with a mastery standard.
- Sprint mechanics, strength, and mobility in every session.
- Athletes learn to lead their own warm-up and recovery.
How we measure it
- Five tests, three times a term, against each athlete's own beginning.
- A coach-graded Mechanics Form Score.
- A Mobility Screen at the start and end of every term.
Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?
Why the Standard
For nearly ten years I coached adults who were successful by every measure, yet many had never been taught how to train, how to rest, or how to keep a standard when no one was watching. I built The Foundry so young athletes would learn it first. The Standard is our promise to every family: we will form the whole athlete — body, mind, character, and service — and we will measure what matters. Iron sharpens iron.
Avelino Elie
Founder & Program Director
One Standard, Growing
What the Standard looks like as an athlete grows.
By eight
Foundational
Runs tall, jumps and lands safely, balances, and moves with joy.
By twelve
Developmental
Sound sprint mechanics at speed, strength basics, and leads part of the warm-up.
By sixteen
Performance
Mature mechanics, trains with intent, and leads their own warm-up, mobility, and recovery.
The Standard is the same for every athlete. It is never a ranking, never a body standard, and never a label.
Measured against their own beginning
Never by weight or appearance
Every athlete on their own timeline
The Foundry Pathway · Begins Fall 2027
Iron is not born. It is forged.
Seven levels, each earned through mastery, focus, character, and service. Every level is earned. None is given. No one is ranked.
I · Spark
I–III · FoundationalBody
Posture, balance, safe landings, and the first marching drills.
Mind
Answers “Iron!” and is in formation within three seconds.
Character
Says the Oath with the group, takes turns, and is honest about effort.
Service
Encourages a teammate by name.
A preview of the Pathway. Full standards will be published before Fall 2027.
How a level is earned
1
Progress
Mastery, focus, character, and service are recorded across the term.
2
Recommendation
A coach recommends an athlete who meets all four parts.
3
Demonstration
The athlete demonstrates privately for two coaches, never in front of others.
4
Recognition
Levels are presented at the end-of-term ceremony, with a Pathway patch.
One level per term, so mastery lasts.
Never tied to speed.
Never ranked.
Never taken away.
Adapted, never lowered.
Founding athletes’ mastery this term counts toward their first level.
The standard is the same for every athlete. The path is their own.