How to Turn Player Evaluation Data Into Visual Reports

With hundreds (or sometimes thousands) of scores collected during a single evaluation, making sense of this data can be time-consuming, stressful, and challenging. What reports will you need to create? How long will they take? And how much staff time is required to ensure the results are accurate and reliable?

With an athlete evaluation app like SkillShark, coaches have access to visual reports minutes after an evaluation—with little to no admin work required. Whether the goal is to track progress, compare development, or view player rankings, reports are ready when you need them. Make faster team placement decisions and provide immediate player feedback without spending hours compiling and analyzing data.

Let’s walk through each report type in more depth so you understand what they show and why they’re useful.

1. Player Progress Reports

SkillShark auto-generates a line graph displaying player progression(or regression) across any skill over a series of events (i.e., tryouts, clinics, year-end evaluations).

Suppose you score an athlete on work ethic 3 times during the season. Using SkillShark’s digital evaluation app, athletes are evaluated, scores are safely stored, and when it comes time to view progression, scores are automatically mapped into a clear progression (or regression) trend line for easy viewing.

Why is tracking player progress important?

Shifts focus to growth

Youth sports aren’t only about winning. They are meant to help athletes build core skills and develop them over time. When performance is tracked continuously, rather than viewed as a single snapshot in time, athletes (and parents) gain a concrete understanding of progression.

Personalized coaching

As young athletes develop at their own pace, so should the drills and feedback you implement as a coach. Instead of applying a “one-size-fits-all” approach, player progress reports highlight each individual’s areas for growth, so coaches can use this information to tailor their plans accordingly.

Improves athlete confidence

Young athletes may not think much about their progression, and if they do, they might feel like their progression is gradual. When coaches take the time to track development and share it with their athletes, this provides a visible “proof of progress,” which can immensely boost motivation and confidence.

2. Comparison Reports

Coaches often want to hone in on a few top players to see how they compare across multiple skills when making final draft picks or positional changes mid-season.

Let’s say you have 90% of your team drafted for the upcoming season. However, you are stuck between which players to choose for your last remaining draft picks. Using SkillShark’s comparison reports, you can select up to 8 skills and compare up to 3 players to see how they stack up against each other.

3. All Scores Report

Once an evaluation ends, coaches want to see immediate results. The all scores report automatically compiles all athletes’ scores into one comprehensive report. Within minutes of viewing, coaches will have a general idea of how players rank across any skill they were evaluated on.

For example, let’s say a coach wants a closer look at the performance of their positional players. The 1^st view in the all scores report (pictured below) is a skill breakdown, showing athlete rankings across core skills like skating, passing, and shooting. Using the up/down arrows beside each skill, coaches can sort players from highest to lowest ranking.

If a coach wants to look at how players scored within skating, they can click on the 'skill breakdown' button (located below skating) and view all metrics, such as forward skating, stops, and edgework.

4. Athlete Report Cards

Long gone are the days of sending individual emails to athletes (and parents) with scores and comments after an evaluation. With SkillShark, each report card is customized with your organization’s logo and the athlete’s personal information, along with the following information:

• Best-scored metric

• Player score (on any metric evaluated)

• Team average (on any metric evaluated)

• Comments

• Videos

• Developmental resources *If an athlete scored below the specified threshold on a skill, the coach can opt to include a learning resource like a YouTube video or PDF.

Players and parents no longer have to chase down coaches for feedback. Minutes after an evaluation, you can send each athlete a personalized report card straight to their inbox. Just choose which criteria to include and hit send.

Wrapping Up

Whether you're tracking progress, giving feedback, or comparing players, SkillShark has a report for that. The best part? Little to no admin work on your end. Every report is auto-formatted with the player scores collected during your evaluation, so you get results instantly. That means quick & accurate team placements and sharper tactical decisions.