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This page was last updated: 9/9/2009

                                 Self Assessment

The Pre-season Self Assessment is a document which you can ask your players to complete and provide you some valuable insight as to how your players feel, their view of the team and how they evaluate their skills. With the feedback from the Self Assessment you can develop plans to improve the team and also prepare specific individualized plans to help players work on those things on which they feel need improvement.   Finally, if you use a similar Self Assessment at the end of the season, you can compare the two documents and see what kind of improvements the players feel were made during the season.

PRE-SEASON SELF ASSESSMENT

NAME: ______________________________

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT   ****BALL?

WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT   ****BALL?

WHAT 3 POSITIONS DO YOU PLAY BEST:         _____     _____     _____

 

WHAT 3 POSITIONS DO YOU ENJOY PLAYING THE MOST:_____     _____     _____

ON A SCALE OF 10 (BEST, HIGHEST) TO 1 (WORST, LOWEST) PLEASE GIVE YOUR OPINION ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

HOW IMPORTANT IS   ****BALL TO YOU?                                                                          _____

               

HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK   ****BALL IS TO THE REST OF THE TEAM?           _____

HOW GOOD A TEAM DO YOU THINK WE ARE RIGHT NOW?               _____

HOW GOOD A TEAM DO YOU THINK WE WILL BE BY THE END OF THE SEASON?   _____

HOW HARD WILL OUR TEAM WORK TO MAKE THE TEAM THE BEST IT CAN BE?     _____

OVERALL, HOW GOOD A PLAYER DO YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?        _____

OVERALL, HOW GOOD A PLAYER CAN YOU BE BY THE END OF THE SEASON?     _____

HOW HARD WILL YOU WORK TO REACH YOUR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL?            _____

HOW WELL DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING DEFENSIVE SITUATIONS:

BUNT _____RUNDOWN _____OF RELAYS _____CUTOFF _____

PICKOFF @:1B _____2B _____3B _____1ST & 3RD _____

PLEASE RATE EACH INDIVIDUAL PART OF YOUR GAME

FIELDING        WEAK   AVERAGE    STRONG

                

Throwing - accuracy       1   2  3    4  5

Throwing - strength 1   2  3    4  5    

Fielding hard hit ground balls  1   2  3    4  5

Lateral (sideways) range on ground balls1   2  3     4 5

Judgment of fly balls       1   2  3    4 5

Lateral (sideways) range on fly balls1   2  3    4 5

Catching fly balls hit directly in front of you     1    2  3   4 5

Catching fly balls hit directly over your head    1   2  3    4 5

BATTING AND BUNTING     WEAK   AVERAGE      STRONG

Judgment of balls and strikes when batting1   23    4 5

Knowledge of your best pitch to hit    1   23    4 5

Ability to hit high pitches   1   23    4 5

Ability to hit low pitches    1   23    4 5

Ability to hit inside pitches1   23    4 5

Ability to hit outside pitches      1   23    4 5

Ability to hit line drives      1   23    4 5

Sacrifice bunting       1   23    4 5

Running bunt     1   23    4 5

Push bunt         1   23    4 5

Slap bunt          1  23    4 5

Drag bunt (left-handed)      1   23    4 5

BASE RUNNING

Running speed           1  23   4  5

Leading off bases the correct distance1  23   4  5

Leading off bases hard and fast  1  23    4  5

Diving back to the base on a pick off  1  23    4  5

Bent leg slide            1  23    4  5

Bent leg slide and pop up   1  23    4  5

Slide-by slide     1  23    4  5

GENERAL

Fitness/conditioning   1  23    4  5

Knowledge of good dietary habits       1  23    4  5

Concentration at practice   1  23    4  5

Effort at practice        1  23    4  5

Verbal enthusiasm and involvement at practice  1  23    4  5

USING YOUR RATINGS ABOVE, AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SKILLS YOU HAVE, PLEASE INDICATE UP TO FIVE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE IN YOUR ****BALL. PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE. IN OTHER WORDS, RATHER THAN JUST "BATTING", YOU SHOULD INDICATE "HITTING OUTSIDE LOW PITCHES", ETC. PLEASE PLACE THESE IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.

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