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A functional movement screen is an assessment of an athlete during a specific movement which has the ability to analyze multiple planes of body movement and the body’s overall performance. The benefit of this tool lies in its simplicity. Being able to simply look at an athlete doing a slow, low impact motion and pick out initial imbalances and gain a starting point for that athlete’s training. This is also an important tool because to assess the athlete in sport-specific activity to see where they may lack. From the literature, the intersession and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen appear to be consistent between examiners. Some research has shown that having an athlete perform a functional movement screen can aid in determining which areas of muscular imbalance need to be addressed in order for the athlete to be the most efficient in performing a task. It can also be used to help to determine identifiable risk factors for injury in a sport. However, other research has shown that there is no correlation between functional movement screen and athletic performance. The functional movement screen is still a relatively new topic therefore it is clear that there is still much research that needs to be done before it can truly be a reliable source for improving overall performance.