Adapted from AYSO
Beginning Player
- Player is just starting to acquire the basic skills necessary to play at age-level.
- Player is not proficient in basic skills and rarely uses them in practice or a game setting.
- Player may be disconnected from practice or a game setting for an extended period of time.
Developing Player
- Player begins to acquire some age appropriate skills.
- Player at times makes contributions in practice or a game setting.
- Player may occasionally alternate between engagement and disengagement in activities.
Average Player
- Player has acquired age appropriate skills and increasingly uses them effectively.
- Player contributes in practice and in game settings on a more frequent basis than a 2.
- Player may begin to show proficiency beyond an age appropriate level in a certain skills in soccer.
- Player contributes frequently to practice or a game setting but is not considered impactfu
Above Average Player
- Player has acquired all age appropriate skills and uses them consistently both in practice and in games.
- Player shows a solid understanding of various positions on offense and defense.
- Player consistently contributes on offensive and defensive and may begin to be show a high level of play in one area of the game: offense, defense, or goal keeping.
Star Player
- Player has mastered some areas of the game while being above average in others.
- Player is a strong contributor to the team and is often dictating the game on one side of the field but not necessarily both.
- Player fluctuates in skill between that of a 4 and a 6.
- Player begins to show signs of leadership.
Game Changer
- Player has mastered age appropriate skills and consistently demonstrates them in practice and games without prompting.
- Player is the most effective individual on the field – a game-changer in nearly all positions: offense, midfield, defense, or goal keeper.
- Player is a leader and makes other players around them better.
- Player is capable of competing with those in a division ahead of their own.
