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The First Three Days of Tryouts
Most programs have the first three of the youth football tryouts with no equipment or contact allowed. It is very important that you follow these rules to make sure all players are eligible. Attendance is important so all players that arrive late, due to vacations and travel baseball, get the required three days as required by your league. Make sure you get the correct number of no contact days that your youth football league administration requires.
Unorganized coaches get completely frustrated during these three days, where I like to take advantage of the situation. Many things you can do are productive during these three days. The main goal is that you have everything done and when contact day arrives, you are ready to go. You cannot afford to lose any part of the tryouts once contact is allowed.
Let us face it, this is a collision sport and you need to have the players appointed to the correct skill levels. You want to make sure all players get a fair chance and not in over their heads. You will only get two days to evaluate the contact so I cannot emphasize enough how you need to have all other aspects of the tryouts done so you can get a good look at the players in full contact.
Please read the chapters on the Evaluating Personal for a detailed list of all the drills and details of what I run. I do look for a strong arm, catching abilities, power and most of all speed.
This is also a great time to try each kid as a kicker, punter and long snapper. These are key positions and many times, we have chosen a player for our top-level teams based on his kicking or snapping abilities.
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