Long-form, by experienced coaches
Practical guides for the parts of coaching that aren’t in a rubric — how to give youth feedback that lands, how to evaluate without bias, and how to read a development report. Reviewed by named coaches.
- GuideHow to evaluate a youth player without bias
Relative age, recency, the halo effect, and sheer physical maturity quietly distort youth evaluations. This guide shows how to anchor ratings to a rubric, reference them to age rather than the group, separate maturity from ability, and write evaluations down so they compound instead of resetting every season.
- GuideHow to give youth athletes feedback that works
Most youth-sports feedback is too vague, too much, or too late to change anything. This guide breaks down the shape of feedback that actually sticks — specific, behavioral, one thing at a time, timely — and how to bring parents into the loop without overwhelming the player.
- GuideHow to run youth soccer tryouts
A practical guide to running fair, useful youth soccer tryouts — what to select for, how to design game-realistic stations, how to score consistently across evaluators, and how to turn tryout data into the start of the season’s development.