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Player Evaluations for Tryouts
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FTMSupport
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Re: Player Evaluations for Tryouts
Great feedback guys... thank you.
We will add a "click here to buy trophies / trophy cases" in our next release.
We will add a "click here to buy trophies / trophy cases" in our next release.
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Phantom Sage
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Re: Player Evaluations for Tryouts
easleywt, I think you hit the nail squarely on the head.
Kids develop at different rates, both mentally and physically. The awkward and lanky kid from last year who "grows into his body" over the winter may be this year's pitching phenom, IF somebody identifies the potential and works on the mechanics. All too often, that stumbling kid is in the outfield, see few plays and may end up too discouraged to sign up the following year as some coaches concentrate on ther "talent."
I found a post on a baseball related site sometime back that identified several mechanical checkpoints to cover with a player in all phases of the game. Now anyone can come up with a checklist and while there are some standard rules on proper mechanics, there are also many differences of opinion. The beauty of what the contributer had provided was using a legend of "needs it", "getting it", and "got it." You could change the wording to emerging, developing and mastering, but that is not the point. Providing the tool to use in exactly the fashion you describe, is:
"...a great starting point to understand what can be worked on with the players we do keep. The evaluation process can continue throughout the season to show the player the progress they are making as well as to continue to help them improve... "
We give this sheet to our coaches for that same reason and to help them complete our end of year evaluations in a more complete and fair way. We are also encouraging the sharing of this information with the child's parents so that they know and understand what can help the child experience greater success by focusing on during the off-season.
I also like the scouting ideas you have raised and can see the potential of being able to select a player in the database and add an "at bat", or pitching chart for a few batters along with an area for comments (ugh!). Necessary, but not as easy as on a full keyboard.
Kids develop at different rates, both mentally and physically. The awkward and lanky kid from last year who "grows into his body" over the winter may be this year's pitching phenom, IF somebody identifies the potential and works on the mechanics. All too often, that stumbling kid is in the outfield, see few plays and may end up too discouraged to sign up the following year as some coaches concentrate on ther "talent."
I found a post on a baseball related site sometime back that identified several mechanical checkpoints to cover with a player in all phases of the game. Now anyone can come up with a checklist and while there are some standard rules on proper mechanics, there are also many differences of opinion. The beauty of what the contributer had provided was using a legend of "needs it", "getting it", and "got it." You could change the wording to emerging, developing and mastering, but that is not the point. Providing the tool to use in exactly the fashion you describe, is:
"...a great starting point to understand what can be worked on with the players we do keep. The evaluation process can continue throughout the season to show the player the progress they are making as well as to continue to help them improve... "
We give this sheet to our coaches for that same reason and to help them complete our end of year evaluations in a more complete and fair way. We are also encouraging the sharing of this information with the child's parents so that they know and understand what can help the child experience greater success by focusing on during the off-season.
I also like the scouting ideas you have raised and can see the potential of being able to select a player in the database and add an "at bat", or pitching chart for a few batters along with an area for comments (ugh!). Necessary, but not as easy as on a full keyboard.
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TTU Red Raider
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Re: Player Evaluations for Tryouts
Not to offend anyone, but, this is a GAME SCORING program. And I pretty darn good one as I have purchased all of them. It is NOT and the developers SHOULD NOT waste valuable time making tryout related updates. There is a tryout based program available if I remember correctly and would love to have had it for the 10 years we were in youth baseball. Pretty simple though, score each kid 1, 2, or 3 for bat swing, running, fielding and throwing. Add in the hot mom factor, subtract for the obnoxious parent factor or use of a cheap plastic glove and you have your tryout formula. Best of luck.
Re: Player Evaluations for Tryouts
With or without any additional updates, this is the best software of it's kind, bar none. Certainly any bug fixes should take priority. When it comes to adding features, I was merely suggesting things that would be helpful to me... if it turns out that there are others with similar needs, great, if not.. The application, as it stands today, is worth 3 times the cost and definitely worth purchasing for anyone interested in baseball with a scorebook and statistical need.
If your evaluations of players for 10 years was truly what you describe, I can't imagine you were able to help many of the kids develop to the extent of their potential. We get tons of kids every year from those kind of teams wanting to tryout for ours... hence the need for the evaluation tool. I'm not offended if anyone thinks "evaluation" is a bad idea for this software, nothing could bother me less. What is offesive is the idea of you coaching kids for 10 years with that attitude and approach to the task. Not to offend anyone, but, I think the kids deserved better.
If your evaluations of players for 10 years was truly what you describe, I can't imagine you were able to help many of the kids develop to the extent of their potential. We get tons of kids every year from those kind of teams wanting to tryout for ours... hence the need for the evaluation tool. I'm not offended if anyone thinks "evaluation" is a bad idea for this software, nothing could bother me less. What is offesive is the idea of you coaching kids for 10 years with that attitude and approach to the task. Not to offend anyone, but, I think the kids deserved better.