Definition

Noun: - A person's body weight at the beginning of a season: Specifically, the weight of an athlete when they first report for practice or training at the start of a competitive season. This initial measurement is often used as a baseline for monitoring physical conditioning and progress.

Usage

• The term is primarily used in sports and athletic contexts to formally record an athlete's starting point for the season.
• It serves as an official or documented weight for comparison later in the season.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The coach recorded each player's reporting weight during the first week of training camp.
  • His reporting weight was 185 pounds, but he aims to gain muscle mass by the playoffs.

Advanced Usage

• "To be at/above/below one's reporting weight": Used to describe an athlete's current weight in relation to their initial seasonal baseline.
  • The lineman was disciplined for being significantly above his reporting weight mid-season.

Variants and Related Words

• Report weight (verb phrase): The act of officially stating or recording one's weight upon arrival.
  • All players must report weight to the training staff on the first day.
• Season-opening weight: A near-synonymous phrase emphasizing the timing at the season's start.
• Baseline weight: A more general term for an initial measurement used for comparison.

Synonyms

• Initial weight: The weight at the beginning of a period.
• Starting weight: The weight from which progress is measured.

Notes

• This is a compound noun. The core explanation focuses on the specific term "reporting weight." Related verb phrases are listed separately.
• The concept is distinct from "playing weight" or "target weight," which may refer to an ideal weight during competition.

Noun

1. a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice)