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0 High School Tryouts

By Mike Smith Question - Do you have ideas and thoughts on how to best run high school tryouts? Try outs in any sport at any level can be one of the most important and stressful events for players AND coaches. Because of this fact, having a good plan is a must. I am entering

0 Tryout Session 2

By Steven Smith This session is the second in a series used for trying out for a collegiate team. The skills required give a good picture of technical abilities of players and can be used as a training session as well. The demands of the transition will reveal the work ethic of individual players. Activity 1:

0 Tryout Time

By Steven Smith This session is an option used as a first day of tryouts for a collegiate program that requires the coach to make cuts. It allows the coach to see multiple activities on the ball examining technical ability and game play with multiple touches. The warm up through the last activity all include decision

0 #151 Evaluating Players During Tryouts

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0 #105 Tryouts as a Tool for Development

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0 #063 Surviving Tryouts

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0 #052 Coaching the Most Important Age Group

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0 #016 How to Run Tryouts for More Than 2,000 Players

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0 Tryouts for Youth Teams

Each state in the U.S. sets their own time for tryouts. In the mid west the date usually falls in June sometime after State Cup has been completed. In Kansas tryout can officially start one week after State Cup is completed.

There are two types of clubs, a truly tiered system where the best players are place on the top team in the club and the next strongest players are put on the second team and so on. The goal of this type of club is