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Basketball tryout evaluation form
Basketball rewards watching the scrimmage more than most sports. Drills will show you a shooting stroke and a handle; five-on-five is the only place you will see whether a player makes the right read with two defenders closing. Budget real time for it.
The general set
What to score when the whole group is together
These are the columns the scoresheet loads when you pick Basketball. They are written to be scored on everyone in the session, which is what a first tryout needs. Coachability sits last on purpose. It is the one every coach marks, and it belongs where they expect to find it.
- Ball handling
- Shooting
- Finishing
- On-ball D
- Help defense
- Court vision
- Rebounding
- Basketball IQ
- Coachability
By position
What to score once you split into groups
A skill that decides one position is noise on everyone else's sheet, which is why these sit apart from the general set rather than being bolted onto it. Pick a position in the builder and the columns rebuild themselves.
Point guard
- Ball handling under pressure
- Passing and vision
- Pick-and-roll decisions
- Shooting off the dribble
- On-ball defense
- Pace and game management
- Coachability
Wing
- Catch-and-shoot
- Shooting off the dribble
- Driving and finishing
- Perimeter defense
- Off-ball movement
- Rebounding from the wing
- Coachability
Post
- Post footwork
- Finishing around the rim
- Rebounding
- Screening
- Interior defense
- Passing out of the post
- Coachability
Running the session
A basketball tryout, station by station
The stations the builder can drop onto the sheet for you, in the order they usually run. Delete the ones you are not testing. A station on the sheet that never happened leaves a blank column that looks like a missing score.
- Spot-up shooting from set locations
- Ball handling through cones and under pressure
- Layup and finishing lines
- Defensive slides and closeouts
- 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 live
- 3-on-3 half court
- 5-on-5 full court scrimmage
How to staff a tryout, brief evaluators, and tell families the result afterwards is on the tryouts and evaluation guide . It applies to every sport, so it lives in one place rather than being repeated here. You will also want a medical consent and emergency contact form for everyone on the floor that day, and a player evaluation form at the other end of the season.
Playbook Logix provides customizable templates for informational and administrative use. They are not legal advice and will not meet the requirements of every organization, sport or jurisdiction. Review anything you intend to rely on with your own attorney or your insurance carrier, and check your league and state requirements.
Common questions
What should be on a basketball tryout evaluation form?
The skills you will actually test that day, and nothing else. For basketball that means ball handling, shooting, finishing and on-ball d and the rest of the set below, plus a notes column and a row per athlete. A column you will not score is a column that makes the sheet slower to fill in.
Should we score by position?
Not in the first session. Score the whole group on the general criteria while you still have everyone together, then run position-specific sheets when you break into groups - that is when the point guard criteria stop being noise on everyone else's sheet.
How long should a basketball tryout be?
Long enough to run the stations below without rushing, and short enough that you are scoring skill rather than fitness. Ninety minutes is a common answer for a single age group. If you need two sessions, evaluate both and average them rather than treating the second as a tiebreak.
Other sports
Tryout forms for every sport we have criteria for
Baseball Softball Volleyball Soccer Lacrosse Football (Tackle) Football (Flag) Cheerleading
After the tryout comes the roster
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