This walkthrough demonstrates how staff can run tryouts using the Sprocket mobile app, including:

Once permissions are assigned, staff members will see the Tryouts program at the bottom of the mobile app home screen.

Staff may have permissions such as:

They will also only see the player pools they are assigned to evaluate.

When staff open a player pool:

Each player card displays:

Staff can tap a player to see additional information such as:

Staff can quickly locate players by:

This is helpful when evaluators do not know every player's name.

Filters can also sort players by:

This allows coaches to focus only on players currently participating in a tryout session.

Tapping a player's name will show a larger player image, which helps staff confirm player identity during evaluations.

Within each tier, staff can rank and rate players.

To rate a player:

Staff can also add notes to accompany a rating.

Staff can complete evaluations from the Evaluate tab.

Evaluations can be completed in two ways:

Open a player's profile and complete all evaluation criteria.

Select a specific evaluation metric and rate all players under that category.

This is useful when running evaluation stations during tryouts.

Examples include:

A completion counter next to each criteria shows how many players have been evaluated.

Once staff complete ratings and evaluations, club administrators can review the collected data in the web platform to:

Below is the full transcript from the mobile tryouts walkthrough video.

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Now that your dates, pools, and tiers have been configured

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and your staff have been given the correct permissions

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and pool assignments, we can review

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how staff can utilize the app Day of Tryouts.

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We'll take a look at how the staff members can best utilize

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the groups we've already created to rank rate

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and evaluate the players.

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We'll also touch on some newer enhancements within the

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mobile app to help make player searches

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and visibility easier.

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Once permissions have been assigned,

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the staff member will see the tryouts program at

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the bottom of their homepage.

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This staff member has been given the tryouts,

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tryout pools take attendance, add player to tryouts

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and evaluations permissions.

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We've also been assigned to the U 14 through U 16 pools.

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We'll click into the U 15 boys pool to start.

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Once in this pool you'll see players broken out into their

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tiers that we previously assigned

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with those not assigned to a tier.

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At the top of the page you'll note the total pool account at

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the top of the page and then the total tier count.

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At the top of each of these,

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you'll also get a quick glance at player information,

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which includes name, gender, birth, year, position, tryout,

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jersey number, and age group.

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If a player has been invited to a team as well

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as if they have accepted or declined their spot, the team

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and status will show below this information.

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Additionally, I can click on a player's name

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to view additional club data such as school T-shirt size

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or questions asked within the trout registration as well

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as emergency contacts.

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If I have rating visibility turned on, which is often seen

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with program directors that want

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to view ratings across staff, I can also toggle to ratings

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to view the aggregate ratings

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and view additional player parent contact information.

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This information will also be visible within the player

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rating section, which we'll get to in a second.

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Moving back out. To view the pool more holistically,

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I can search for players using the search option,

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which will allow you to enter a portion of their first

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or last name instead of needing their full spelling.

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We also know that a tryout staff may not

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know every player's name.

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You can use the search to search by Jersey numbers as well.

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Opening up the filters will allow to sort by ascending

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and descending name, jersey number, position

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and rating, as well as being able to

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filter based on attendance of tryout days so

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that you can focus only on players in front of you.

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Clicking on the player's name will also bring up a larger

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player image to help confirm identity

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if you're unsure of a player's name.

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This sorting feature

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and function will also carry through other areas such

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as the evaluate tab to allow for consistency no matter

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where you are on the pool homepage, I can scroll down

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to view all tiers and click the carrot to collapse the tier.

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If I wanna focus just on one,

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I can bulk assigned tiers by clicking the

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Assigned tier option at the bottom of the page,

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or I can click on an individual's profile

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by clicking on their name and editing their pool

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or tier within their

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profile from within a tier.

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I can rate and rank players only within that tier.

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If I need to add notes to a player,

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I can click into the rating section to add a note

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to accompany the rating that I've given.

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Please note that if the rating bar remains gray,

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this indicates that no rating has been given.

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As soon as I have sled this bar, you'll see

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that the bar will turn blue, which allows me to better view

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who I have given a rating to two.

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Now moving over to that evaluate button at the top

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of the pool homepage, I'll see where I can view

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and make evaluations based on the player evaluations

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that were previously set up.

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Here. I can click into a player

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and complete all of their evaluations or,

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and we often know that evaluations

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that are more metrics based can be done at different

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stations throughout tryouts.

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So you can filter over to the criteria tab to be able

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to evaluate based on criteria.

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The number counts that are listed next to the criteria

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or players will allow a staff member to ensure

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that they've recorded scores for everybody.

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And once your staff have completed these evals ratings

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and rankings, or started to reassign players

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to tier based on potential teams, you'll be able to start

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to use all this information over on the web

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to inform your team invites.