Youth Evaluations

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Want to do evaluations for my players this season. I coach JV boys. Any suggestions on how to make the evaluations informative?

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Just create a 1-5 scale, and grade each of them on certain aspects of the game. Use categories and subcategories. It's really the best way to go about it.

 

Teamwork

---Passing (Rating - Comment)

---Screens

---Help Defense

 

Dribbling

---Perimeter Ball-Handling

---Post Ball-Handling

 

Shooting

---Shot Mechanics

---Efficiency

---Shot Selection

 

Physical Attributes

---Quickness

---Speed

---Agility

---Strength

---Stamina

 

Mental Attributes

---Attitude

---Offensive Awareness

---Defensive Awareness

---Hustle/Effort

 

Overall Play

---Offense

---Defense

---Fundamentals

 

This is similar to what I was doing with middle school kids.

 

Your 1-5 scale would be something like...

 

1 - Poor performance, needs extensive work

2 - Below average performance

3 - Average performance

4 - Above average performance

5 - Excellent performance, player is highly skilled in this area

 

I also used an Excel spreadsheet, just so it would be easier to go back and edit comments and ratings.

 

Then, you can do evaluations each week, and show progression in the spreadsheet, and average each evaluation rating for that player at the end of each month.

 

Of course, this is probably a lot of work for JV players, so I'm not sure how far you'd want to dive into this. I didn't give out the evaluations as much, didn't average them...but those are ideas I'd probably use if I were coaching HS ball (probably varsity, but again, it's up to you).

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