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I'm always looking for better ways to handle player evaluations. I've coached long enough to know there usually isn't one perfect answer, so I'm curious what systems other coaches actually use.

What has worked for your team? What have you tried that didn't work? I'm hoping to steal a few good ideas before next season.

I’ve coached plenty of my kids school teams, and I always run into the same issue. We divide players after tryouts into A, B, C and so on teams, but even with this, at a big middle school with no cuts, there is some big skill gaps. I always find myself weighing wanting to win and play my best players vs playing the whole team 1-8. I feel like, in youth sports, parents care most about their kids participating and making memories, but it’s also no fun to play on a team that looses winnable games. Would love to hear some thoughts on this.