The first and most complete implementation of the app was in Covington, Washington.  Mike Sellars' home gym.  And it was a challenge.  For something designed to simplify things, integrating PARS into my daily routine took some time.  As I am sure you are, I was already busy setting up, Covid cleaning, coaching, etc.  It is hard enough to find time to do assessments so I don't want to be consistently reminded that they are overdue!

Start by identifying devices to run PARS 3.0 including any PCs, Laptops and tablets, either gym owned or owned by your coaches.  The greater the access to PARS, the easier it is to update and reference.  A coach can check on birthdays or anniversaries before they leave home.  If you have a reception desk, your receptionist can check with arriving fighters to see when they are due for their next assessment if it is time, add them to an assessment schedule.  PARS is designed as a collaborative, open system with yourr fighters as the focus.

1. Step 1:  Learn PARS.  Enter fake new fighters.  Do fake reassessments.  Introduce your coaches and your boxers to PARS.  
2. Step 2:  Work with active, returning fighters first.  Move inactive fighters to the inactive status.  When they return, it takes 10 seconds to return them to active status.
3. Step 3:  Email every active fighter their PARS Fighter Report.  Fighters can see what information is available and what information is missing.  Most importantly, they will see why you do assessments and how the PARS Fighter Report can show them their trends.
4. Step 4:  Find a volunteer PARS coordinator from your coaches, volunteers or even one of your level 1 fighters. 
5. Step 5:  Make PARS group announcement.  Introduce your PARS coordinator and ask for their cooperation.
6. Step 6:  You or your PARS coordinator should spend 5 minutes with each fighter over the first couple weeks to show them their PARS profile, take their picture and update information such as their birthday, phone, email, address, medications, etc.  Talk with them about when to set their next assessment.  At the end of the short review, email them their updated PARS profile.

PARS will take some time to introduce to your fighters and to bring their information up to date.  Once you and your coaches are comfortable with PARS and the fighters are excited to see how they are doing through the PARS Fighter Reports, PARS will become a transparent, natural tool in the daily operations of your program.  Coaches and fighters alike will depend on PARS in their fight against Parkinson's.