Let me run your try-out so you can focus on the most important aspect - 

the selection of the players for your future winning team 

 

The way you run your tryout can set the tone for the rest of the season. A well run tryout will set your program on the path to success, but a poorly run tryout can swirl into a disaster that’s tough to recover from. Tryouts are a time for new beginnings, and the perfect time to redefine yourself as a coach and develop the identity you envision for your program. Whether you have to make 1 cut or 100 cuts, decisions at tryouts are never easy, and making the right one or wrong one can be the difference between success and failure. As a coach, this is your time to set the tone, your time to take control and your time to turn your program into something special.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The individual player and team evaluation is one of the most important services I offer to the teams for a coaching staff and the players to understand their specific skills and strategy developmental needs. In most cases player evaluation is used to place players onto teams. An important aspect that is missing in many cases is that most teams do not use player evaluations as a tool for coaches to develop players based on their individual strengths and weaknesses. Placing players on teams is one thing, but what you do with those players once the teams are formed is another. Player evaluation is a tool to be used for developing players. This is where I come in. Having a solid player evaluation process in place can help make the developmental process much easier. The evaluation of individual players will be given to coaches so that they can see what the strengths and weaknesses of the players are. Another key point is to post the criteria of what the evaluators are looking for, so that parents can see what the players are being judged on. These criteria must be clearly defined, objectively assessed and justifiable.