Similarly, many players and parents will fall into tryout traps that will provide at least a year of regret and, in some cases, lasting difficulty in the game. We explore here some common myths about tryouts, and then look at fourteen ways to fail as a coach at tryouts, and how to learn from these failures. We conclude with a practical plan for clearing out problem players before tryouts begin. There are many common beliefs about tryouts that are simply wrong. The purpose of tryouts is to find the most competitive players.
Coaches can easily recognize all the best players.
Many do not quickly recognize promising project players, or overlook gifted players who have crucial abilities to read the game or make clever attacking passes. It is too easy to overlook such players in favor of larger and faster players, or players who use the ball a great deal. The best players are selected. Many players got their position through politics. The coach's daughter, the board member's son, these are common.