Fall Evaluations and Performance Reviews

Through BYGA, our club management app, coaches are required to submit player evaluations after each season. These evaluations stay tied with the player’s online BYGA account profile for them to review as needed, and provide some cursory feedback in a number of categories.

Here’s a sample:

I have always preferred to meet with a player and her parents together to provide direct, face-to-face feedback on the most recent season. The Fall Performance Review is the most important in my mind as it comes early in the soccer year for the girls, and allows me to give them specific things they need to focus on in the coming winter training months in order to take the next steps in their development.

It’s also an opportunity to get feedback from them - what they’ve liked, what they haven’t liked, etc - as well as from their parents. As I’ve said many time, I don’t know what I don’t know. If I don’t know there are concerns/issues, I can’t begin to try and address them.

The Performance Reviews take 15-20 minutes, and it’s a bit challenging to get through 18 players. But it’s important to the kids, and it’s important to the people paying for the kids.