End-of-season Player Evaluation/Rating Forms

Our player rating system is the best means we have for equitably distributing players on next year's teams. Please be consistent, and don't use your 'own' method of rating players; use the guidelines we've set forth. Base your ratings on all the skill sets listed, and rate them all equally.

Ratings are given in 7 key areas of player ability and experience:

• Speed: How quick is the player? How quick is that player to the play? How quick is that player to make a play once there?
• Kicking (Passing): Does the player kick or pass in a well-timed manner, and is the ball placed correctly? Is the player's kick strong, or weak? Is the player's kick accurate or wild?
• Control: Does the player have the ability to use various parts of the body to manage the ball? How well does the player maintain possession of the ball?
• Defense: Given that most players know how to go forward to attack, does the player know how to come back when possession is lost? Recover? Mark up? Concentrate and regain possession?
• Teamwork: Does the player respect and encourage others? Does the player know when to attack, and when to drop back to defend? Is the player willing to try to learn other positions?
• Endurance: Does the player have the ability to withstand the demands of the game? Can the player keep up that level of play throughout the entire game?
• Assertiveness: Does the player stay focused on the game? Is the player attentive? Does the player react to changing situations in the game?

  To rate the above, assign each player a number between 1.0 (very weak) to 5.0 (very strong) for each of the seven areas.

  The average for each player is then calculated by adding the ratings for all 7 areas together, and dividing that sum by 7.

  The actual player rating is achieved by multiplying that average by 100, meaning that all players will have a rating somewhere between 100 and 500. In practice, there are no 500-rated players in AYSO, and there are few 100-rated players, as well.

As mentioned above, please be consistent, and apply common sense when rating. For instance, a player who can kick the ball very hard but is average (2.5 to 3.0) in the other skills is not a 400 or better player. Remember, you are rating against all the other players in the division, not how well a player plays against the other members of your own team.

Please also be fair to lesser-skilled players. While no coach enjoys giving a child a low rating, it needs to be done. Keep in mind that NO player will see his or her rating, so no feelings will be hurt. And coaches who rate a child higher than he or she should be are not doing that child or the league any favors, as a lesser player given a false high rating will only serve to unbalance and lower the skills of whichever team that child is placed on next year, as well as causing that player to suffer from high expectations which he or she may not be able to play up to.

Download a copy of the player rating form

Please note, the math required to calculate totals, averages, and actual ratings will all be completed for you; you need to simply fill in the player's names, along with their 1.0 to 5.0 rating in each of the seven key areas, print out the spreadsheet, and turn it in.

View a sample of a completed evaluation/rating form

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMPLETED RATINGS CONFIDENTIAL! Please do not share the ratings with your players, their parents, or anyone else but your Division Director. Many hurt feelings can be avoided by applying common sense.

Thank you