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Why the feedback you give during tryouts can wreck the very evaluation you’re trying to make
This one is for the coaches, and I am writing it as one of you. I run tryouts. I evaluate players. I have made mistakes doing it. So take this in the spirit it is intended: as a lesson we can all learn from, not a callout of anyone.
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Tryout advice for players (and the parents in the stands)
Every summer, thousands of players walk into a gym to try out for a new team. They have practiced all year. They know how they pass, how they set, how they move. And then, sometimes within the first ten minutes, a coach they have never met walks over and starts changing everythin...
Originally published Jan. 24, 2017 · Updated July 2026
Every coach knows the frustration: you tell an athlete the same thing over and over, and they keep making the same mistake. It’s easy to assume the player isn’t listening. But most of the time the problem isn’t the athlete at all — it’s the kind of feedback we’re giving, and when we’re givin...