In the latest episode of For the Love of Sport, Andie Ostrowski, Director of Marketing at TeamGenius, discusses the importance of setting up and running successful tryouts and player evaluations at your organization.
1. Set proper expectations with players, parents, and coaches
Tryouts and player evaluations can be stressful for athletes. Parents want to know how their child is doing and what team their child will be on, while coaches are often time evaluators who juggle parent concerns and provide support to athletes. Listen for some best practices to make this process the best it can be.
2. Create a transparent process
Important decisions go into tryouts, but it's more than just the day of the tryouts that matter. By running player evaluations throughout the year, providing that information to parents regularly, and ensuring they are along for the ride will make your team creation process and decision-making easier.
3. Keep in mind who this will impact
Tryouts aren't just to identify who should be on what team. Player evaluations aren't just to determine who is good at what skill. This is an opportunity to address parent concerns, player development, and team growth.
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About Marie Fitzgerald
Marie Fitzgerald is a Director, Product Marketing & Content Strategy at NBC Sports Next. She currently works to ensure the customer's voice is ever present in the way we build, communicate, and improve the SportsEngine platform.
Marie grew up playing soccer and basketball, and you can find a Bucky Badger bobblehead, a Chicago Cubs W flag, and a Man City scarf proudly displayed on or around her home desk in Bend, Oregon. Marie was recently named to the Augsburg Women's Athletics All-Decade Team for the 2010s.
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