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Volleyball tryout evaluation form
Volleyball specialises earlier and harder than any other sport on this list -- a libero and a middle share almost nothing worth scoring. Serve receive is the column that quietly decides playing time, so weight it accordingly and test it under real serves.
The general set
What to score when the whole group is together
These are the columns the scoresheet loads when you pick Volleyball. 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.
- Serving
- Serve receive
- Setting
- Attacking
- Blocking
- Digging
- Awareness
- Communication
- 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.
Setter
- Hand setting accuracy
- Setting on the move
- Tempo control
- Distribution and decisions
- Blocking at the net
- Communication and leadership
- Coachability
Outside hitter
- Approach and footwork
- Arm swing and contact
- Hitting power
- Shot selection
- Serve receive passing
- Blocking
- Back-row defense
- Coachability
Middle blocker
- Blocking footwork
- Reading the setter
- Quick attack timing
- Slide attack
- Net presence
- Transition speed
- Coachability
Opposite
- Right-side attacking
- Blocking the opposing outside
- Back-row attack
- Serving
- Shot selection
- Coachability
Libero / defensive specialist
- Serve receive passing
- Digging and platform control
- Court coverage
- Communication
- Emergency setting
- Coachability
Running the session
A volleyball 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.
- Serving: consistency and zone control
- Serve receive and passing lines
- Setting: location and tempo
- Hitting lines: approach and contact
- Blocking footwork and timing
- Defensive movement and digging
- 6-on-6 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 volleyball tryout evaluation form?
The skills you will actually test that day, and nothing else. For volleyball that means serving, serve receive, setting and attacking 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 setter criteria stop being noise on everyone else's sheet.
How long should a volleyball 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 Basketball Soccer Lacrosse Football (Tackle) Football (Flag) Cheerleading
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