Shakopee Soccer Association Tryout Process Tryout and Team

Shakopee Soccer Association Tryout Process Tryout and Team Formation Goals  To ensure your son/daughter has the opportunity to play and develop on a team with players of similar ability and commitment.  To produce competitive teams that can compete at district, state and regional levels.  Overall Team Formation Ranking = Coach Ranking + Tryout Ranking Coaches Ranking  At the conclusion of the Spring/Summer Soccer Season, every SSA coach completes a player evaluation for all the players on his/her team.  The best player in the coach’s assessment will be ranked as number 1, the 2 nd best player will be ranked number 2, etc. until all players on the roster are ranked.  The coaches ranking is based on technical skills, tactical knowledge, physical ability, psychological qualities, and coachability. Age Group Player Rankings  Overall Age Group Player Rankings o The top team at an age group will occupy the top segment of rankings (e.g. U13 C1, rankings 1-18) o The 2nd team at an age group will occupy the next segment of rankings (e.g. U13 C2, rankings 19-36) Tryout Day Scores:  Players will compete against a group of their peers in various situational drills: o 40 meter sprint o 1v1 o 4v4 o 7v7  During these drills, players will be evaluated on the following skills: o First Touch o Passing o Vision o Ball Skills o Overall Play Tryout Ranking:  Each player will receive a score for each drill from each individual evaluator based on how they compared to the other participants.  Player’s scores are totaled and sorted from highest overall score to lowest overall score.  The player with highest total tryout score will be ranked as number 1, the player with the 2nd highest total tryout score will be ranked number 2, etc. until all tryout players are ranked.

Team Formation:  Current SSA traveling players - attending tryouts o Coach rankings and tryout rankings are averaged to create an overall ranking.  Current SSA traveling players - unable to attend tryouts (injury, family emergency, etc.) o Overall ranking is based solely on his/her coach ranking  New to SSA traveling players - trying out for the first time o Overall ranking is based solely on his/her tryout ranking Team Formation - Additional Considerations  Coachability - willingness to listen and follow instruction  Attitude - impact on teammates and coaches  Commitment to attend practices, training, games and tournaments.  Commitment to attend winter training programs  Specific positions as needed Note: The above “additional considerations” are listed in no particular order Team Formation Meetings After all tryouts are completed, SSA holds Team Formation Meeting where the coach rankings, tryout rankings, overall rankings and the additional considerations are reviewed and all team rosters are created. Team formation decisions are the responsibility of:  SSA Executive Director  SSA Coaching Director  SSA Age Group Coaches for the upcoming season  With assistance from: o SSA Age Group Coordinators o Additional input may be solicited from SSA Age Group Coaches from the previous season Note: No adult who has a child, niece, or nephew in an age group is allowed to be a part of the team formation process for that age group. Finally…(and yes it feels like that for us too) team rosters are posted on the SSA website as soon as humanly possible.