Evaluations and Placement (Travel Program)
Travel Team Evaluations
All travel players must register and attend MYS Travel Evaluations that are held in May/June of every year. If you plan to play in Spring only, you still must register and attend the Travel Evaluations.
Evaluations are organized by our Director of Coaching and Travel Committee with one or two Board members at each evaluation. Evaluators are Resendes Academy coaches.
Upon arrival to the fields, players are given a pinnie and a number to keep them anonymous from the Evaluators. Players are evaluated on a number of criteria based on technical abilities and in-game skills. All scores are kept confidential and are not shared with coaches, players or parents.
Evaluation Schedule for 2024/25 Season
Fall 2024 Grade 3 (current Grade 2) – Saturday June 1st
Boys 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Girls 6:15 PM to 7:15PM
Fall 2024 Grade 4 (current Grade 3) – Friday May 31st
Boys 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Girls 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Fall 2024 Grade 5 (current Grade 4) – Friday May 10th
Boys 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Girls 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Fall 2024 Grade 6 (current Grade 5) – Friday May 3rd
Boys 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Girls 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
**Fall 2024 Grade 7/8 GIRLS (current 6th & 7th grade) – Thursday, May 30th
Last Names A-K – 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Last Names L-Z – 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
**Fall 2024 Grade 7/8 BOYS (current 6th & 7th grade) – Thursday May 16th
Last Names A-K – 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Last Names L-Z – 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Team Placement
Teams are created using the data from three (3) sources as described below. The Travel Committee desires to keep the process as fair as possible. To do so, players are placed using anonymous numbers until teams are finalized.
- Player Evaluations, ratings of each player based upon the following criteria:
- Tactical skill
- Technical skill
- Offensive and defensive play
- Position sense
- Aggressiveness
- Live Game Evaluations: The objective is to evaluate each player’s overall skill against players of similar skill levels in a game situation and at game speed. If a player is not in attendance at the game that was evaluated this is not held as a negative in any way in the process.
- Coach Evaluation of Players: Each player is evaluated in the following categories:
- Dribbling/passing/receiving/shooting
- Defending/tackling
- Positioning/game sense
- Physical presence/aggressiveness
- The following does not affect a player’s overall score:
- Commitment
- Coach’s comments
