Season-long Player Evaluation

[Jerzy]

Thought this might be interesting to some people.

[Brozismacks]

I may use it! Another way to evaluate athletes! It seems a good way to be organized.

[Jerzy]

I used it last year mid-season to force me to think about what I needed to do for my players. Really helpful for me planning sessions over the next month or so of the season. I'm going to do this eval at the beginning of the season as well as the end to try and gauge improvement.

[Brozismacks]

Sounds like a good idea! Where and what level do you coach in NJ??

[nathan@chestney-stagg.com]

Let me know what you think ?

[Val]

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[nathan@chestney-stagg.com]

Here it is Zipped.

[Jerzy]

Pretty good, very comprehensive. So, how do you use these on your teams?

[darren_brady@msn.com]

hi
i am looking for an assessment form so that my players can assess themselves letting me know what they think they need to improve on.
does anybody know where i can download such a form or should i just make one up myself

darren

[nathan@chestney-stagg.com]

Originally Posted by Jerzy

Pretty good, very comprehensive. So, how do you use these on your teams?

I use this form in two ways, one simple and informal and the other a little more formal and requiring a fair amount of effort.

1. Simple and Informal; I will simply use the criteria to assess an individual player, marking him out of 5 or 10 and use this to agree with the individual what we need to work on, and highlighting what I think he/she is great at. (enforcing the positives is the key to allowing the development to be listened to)

2. Formal and Effort; I will evaluate the eniture team over a week in training once a season and refer back during the season to the numbers. I will rate them again out of 10 or 5 but it will be for the entire squad and will be referred to often in terms of there numbers.

I am aware of several drawbacks with these methods and one day I will perfect them both but for now they work in the most part.