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Keeping Track of the Players during the Youth Football Tryouts
There are many different ways to keep track of the players during the youth football tryouts. I have seen many coaches use a variety of methods before equipment including
- Wearing tee shirts with name on the back
- Marking a number on their hands
- Pinning a paper number on their shirt
Once the youth football team is practicing in full equipment the standard method of identifying the players is by taping their names to the helmets. The tape remains on the helmet until the first game or all the coaches know the player’s names. I have found it useful to put the names on both the front and the back of the helmets.
I have a better way of keeping track of the players during the youth football tryouts. If you follow my tryouts plan, the players broke into smaller groups. The players will continue to move to different groups as they compete against the other players. When the predetermined time for that drill has ended, I have each coach running that station mark down the players on his Tryout Evaluation Sheet. A copy of this sheet is available with the purchase of my Youth Football Tryout book. I find it easier to use a roster sheet with all players listed alphabetically.
I keep a master sheet where I take the attendance of all the players trying out. I keep tack of how many total days they have been in attendance as well as the amount of no equipment days of practice. I use the individual Tryout Evaluation Sheets to update all the groups into my Master Power Rank Spreadsheet and each night I have an updated status on each player.
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