Looking for some different ways people have run high school team tryouts before. Not so much looking for specifics in terms of how/what you measure. I'm thinking more logistically.
Last year we had 26 girls, so the tryout was just to split them into Varsity & JV teams. Nobody got cut (which I think is important, because it made the tryout a little bit less important from our evaluation standpoint since we could always move a girl up if we realized she deserved it).
This year is going to be a lot different. Through two days of signups, we already have 23. At this point, I expect 35-40 players sign up.
It is very difficult to run a tryout with the limited space we have (at best we'll be able to get outside in the parking lot for some drills, but most of the tryout will be in our small gym). If we get as many girls as I think we will, I'm not really sure how to cram them all in.
We usually run two days of tryouts, but I can go with a third if necessary.
Should I split them into different sessions (half at one time, half at another)? Should I have "Varsity tryouts" and "JV tryouts" where the girls get to pick which team they're trying out for? Should I have our better players only come to the first day (let's assume the half dozen I'm thinking of show up, do what they're supposed to do, and earn their spot) so I have more time and space to evaluate the others? Any other ways to structure I haven't thought of?
Last year we had 26 girls, so the tryout was just to split them into Varsity & JV teams. Nobody got cut (which I think is important, because it made the tryout a little bit less important from our evaluation standpoint since we could always move a girl up if we realized she deserved it).
This year is going to be a lot different. Through two days of signups, we already have 23. At this point, I expect 35-40 players sign up.
It is very difficult to run a tryout with the limited space we have (at best we'll be able to get outside in the parking lot for some drills, but most of the tryout will be in our small gym). If we get as many girls as I think we will, I'm not really sure how to cram them all in.
We usually run two days of tryouts, but I can go with a third if necessary.
Should I split them into different sessions (half at one time, half at another)? Should I have "Varsity tryouts" and "JV tryouts" where the girls get to pick which team they're trying out for? Should I have our better players only come to the first day (let's assume the half dozen I'm thinking of show up, do what they're supposed to do, and earn their spot) so I have more time and space to evaluate the others? Any other ways to structure I haven't thought of?