Volleyball Try-out Tips, Tricks & Tools for Coaches and Club Directors

Run better try-outs with fewer hassles and less stress

For many coaches and club administrators, try-outs is one of their least favorite things. With good reason!

- There's all the administrative work of getting people processed - making sure registrations are complete, forms are collected, payments have been made, and check-in completed.

- There's trying to manage the (sometimes barely) controlled chaos of actually running the try-outs, usually with too many bodies and too few resources.

- There's the stress of trying to do good player assessments in a very limited amount of time.

- There's the emotional process of informing players of the selection decisions - especially talking with player who get cut or placed on a different team than they want to be on.

- And of course there are the oh so fun complaints and arguments from parents and administrators afterwards about the decisions.

This course is all about making the try-out process at least less painful, if not actually somewhat enjoyable. It's presented to you by a coach who has run numerous try-outs at the high school, club, and collegiate levels.

You will find ways to make the administrative side of things go more smoothly. You will receive tips and ideas to get the absolute most out of the assessment process. And while there's probably no way to completely eliminate player and parent grumblings, you will at least find ways to lessen the amount of player and parent discontent you'll have to face after try-outs are over.