Tryout evaluation form

I disagree China. This was the first year our team used the evaluation forms and I found sharing the information to be VERY helpful when it came to making the decisions. I hate making cuts on a team more than I can put into words, but I took the time to provide scores to each parent for their player. Most were very understanding and appreciated the feedback in identifying areas to work on. Sure there are going to be those that won't listen to you because they think their daughter is a mega superstar and any team should be honored to have them on their roster. But do you really want those kind of parents involved with your program anyway??

The scorecard method is not perfect but we will be using it from now on as it is way better than nothing.

Out in the open? There's no way I'd allow for open inspection of my rating sheet. That's just inviting a hassle I don't need.

I'm happy to provide a parent or player with feedback upon request and that's why I make notes on each player, but I'm not going to have parents trying to compare their players' scores with one another.

Once in my program, player evaluations are completely subjective, as the goal is to help develop each player's skills up from her baseline.

Screwball said:

Well, I don't keep secrets. If a parent is loud, I tell them. If a hitter is 1 out of 5, the player is told, and she can go watch the player who is 4 out of 5. That's a better lesson than I could ever teach.

I am not sure why I would want to be subjective or secretive. Unless I can back up my opinion with reasoning (could be on paper) and be open with people, I would expect people to bolt from my team. That would be a hassle to me (Hiding stuff and not answering a direct question "what is the rating?").

Softball is competitive and the players and parents are already comparing, might as well take care of the elephant in the room. I guess I am not that good at hiding what I think.

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If we are talking about girls who are on the team already, I would agree with evaluations being up front. You need to give them feedback to improve.

At a tryout? I don't need the arguments, I follow the minute manager guide to those sorts of conversations.

If someone asked to see the form, I wouldn't have any trouble showing it to them. As far as the elusive objective criteria goes, it doesn't exist really. I help run tryouts at all age groups in our organization. I love talking to the coaches to hear what they think about players, to see how our opinions differ. It's the most interesting part of the process. Again, try to find objectivity if you can.

chinamigarden said:

If we are talking about girls who are on the team already, I would agree with evaluations being up front. You need to give them feedback to improve.

At a tryout? I don't need the arguments, I follow the minute manager guide to those sorts of conversations.

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I'm a 1-minute manager fan, too, but I'm mainly a Col. Nathan Jessup disciple - I don't give a good gosh darn what people think they are entitled to.

In general, when a person feels entitled to something - specifically, a spot on the team for their child or a discussion about why Sally was selected instead of Sarah - they don't want to see the light, so it's rarely worth a coach's time to allow the conversation to last longer than a minute. The parent doesn't want to vent, they want the coach to change their mind.

I'm looking for a form to use this weekend if anyone could help me out. Thanks

kerryjennings110 said:

Yes I have one excel I Think it is useful to you.for detail ping with your address.

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Could you send me a copy of that tryout form. If you still have it

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Amy would you please email me the evaluation for you have? I can't find a pdf file anywhere and I'm not that great with documents. Thank you so much. My email is jmelevingston26@hotmail.com

The best tryout form are your eyes and ears and some games.

Scout the girls you are interested in. Watch them play, watch their demeanor, watch their parents. Scouting will tell you far more than any tryout. Your time invested in scouting will pay off tenfold in the end.

Trust me on this.