2014 High Performance Athlete Evaluation

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1 Evaluation for: AUSTIN MATAUTIA 2014 High Performance Program: BYA1 White Position: OUTSIDE HITTER Head Coach: COLIN MCMILLAN Thank you for participating in a 2014 USA Volleyball High Performance Program. As you review your evaluation, please keep in mind the purpose and objective of the evaluations. This is a feedback tool illustrating your current level of performance and gives you recommendations for areas of focus for improvement to take your game to the next level. Coaches are charged with scoring players openly and honestly in an effort to give athletes the tools necessary to improve. The goal of USA Volleyball High Performance is to identify and train future Olympic prospects. The common objective between you and USA Volleyball is your overall improvement. Evaluations are based on comparisons with other participants in the program in which you participated. Please note that the skills listed are broken down by the particular USA Volleyball cues used in camp. Please use this as a guideline for what you should personally work on as this is essentially a reminder of what was taught in your program. Below you will find a listing of each skill performed during the camp and your comparative score. The scale is as follows: 5 Excellent 4 Very Good 3 Good 2 Adequate 1 Needs Training Thank you for your participation in USA Volleyball s 2014 High Performance Programs. Athletes like yourself help make USA Volleyball a success.

2 PASSING Overall Score: 4 FACE THE SERVER ANGLE THE ARMS ARMS STRAIGHT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER SHUFFLE FOOTWORK Passing Comments Drop shoulder when passing outside midline of body. Be aggressive in serve receive every ball is yours until someone calls you off. Communicate with your teammates loud and early on serve receive and free balls. A straight platform is repeatable work to keep arms straight before, during, and after the pass. Work to keep platform off of your body. TRACK BALL WITH PLATFORM PASS AND FREEZE

3 ATTACKING Overall Score: 4 4 STEP APPROACH LITTLE TO BIG / SLOW TO FAST BOTH ARMS UP, HITTING ELBOW UP, SHOULDER BACK LOAD AND UNLOAD BODY TORQUE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER SWING Attacking Comments Work on being able to adjust to the set and keeping the ball in front of your hitting shoulder. Work on getting your feet to the ball to attack every set aggressively. Excellent job changing up your shots to make a smart play when needed. Be aggressive when attacking work for more kills, even if you sacrifice consistency for a time when training. Be loud and demand the set with your set call as a hitter. Great offensive diversity. Keep the ball high on the right for greater consistency.

4 SETTING Overall Score: 4+ SQUARE TO TARGET Setting Comments Communicate loud and early on out of system plays. Be aggressive and deliberate about setting out of system balls to an available hitter. THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN HAND POSITION, ELBOWS WIDE EXTEND ELBOWS AND FREEZE RIGHT LEFT RIGHT FOOTWORK JUMP SET

5 SERVING Overall Score: 4+ JUMP SPIN 4 STEP APPROACH JUMP SPIN HIGH TOSS WITH HITTING HAND AFTER 1ST STEP JUMP FLOAT 4 STEP APPROACH Serving Comments Focus on developing a consistent toss (toss to hitting shoulder) and hand contact on the ball. Work on consistency. Have good potential in serving area in terms of aggressiveness and consistency. Pretty solid basic serve: work on consistency and placement. Your jump serve is going to be a great weapon for you! Keep working on a consistent toss and everything else will come. JUMP FLOAT TOSS TO RIGHT SHOULDER AFTER 2ND STEP FLOAT/JUMP HITTING ARM UP AND BACK QUICKLY FLOAT/JUMP SOLID HAND THROUGH CENTER OF BALL

6 DEFENSE Overall Score: 4+ READY POSITION GOOD POSTURE, SQUARE TO BALL, BALANCED, WEIGHT FORWARD Defense Comments Remember "2 1" change the angle of your platform to dig high and off the net. Be vocal and aggressive when digging and pursuing balls Be proactive about covering your hitters on every play. PLATFORM ANGLED UP DIG 20' HIGH AND 10' OFF MOVEMENT FACE BALL, DROP STEP STEP DEFENSIVE EFFORT FLOOR SKILLS

7 BLOCKING Overall Score: 4+ BALL SETTER BALL HITTER EYE SEQUENCING 3 AND 5 STEP BLOCKING FOOTWORK ARMS STRAIGHT UP AND STRAIGHT OVER Blocking Comments You have the potential to be an amazing blocker, work on communication and making reads remember, ball, setter, ball, hitter! Work to be ready to block on every play and make your transitions fast and efficient. Your ability to get over the net is very impressive. Keep pushing to make reads and blocking moves on all 4 attackers, because you have the potential to be an amazing zone blocker. BLOCK WHERE YOU WANT THE BALL TO GO SWING BLOCK HANDS IN FRONT OF SHOULDERS BEFORE EXTENDING

8 COGNITIVE Score Emphasis 4+ COURT SENSE/VOLLEYBALL IQ 5 COACHABILITY Cognitive Comments A great player to coach would love an entire team of you. Be confident in skills and commanding the ball. You are very coachable and great at applying learned techniques. Would like to see more talk and display confidence vocally. 5 ATTEMPTS TO EXECUTE 4+ COMPETITIVENESS 3 OVERALL COMMUNICATION 4+ LEADERSHIP 5 TEAM PLAYER

9 PHYSIOLOGY Score Emphasis 4+ OVERALL CONDITIONING 4 UPPER BODY STRENGTH 4 LOWER BODY STRENGTH 5 COURT SPEED Physiology Comments You are strong in your upper and lower body continue to work on your strength and conditioning to maximize your potential. A stronger upper body will help you to terminate the ball. A strong core is key to every skill in volleyball focus on consistent core work daily. Have physical potential to be a well rounded player, will just need training and experience.

10 OUTSIDE HITTER Score Position Emphasis 4 ABILITY TO TERMINATE 4 TRANSITION TO ATTACK 4 OFFENSIVE RANGE 4 OUT OF SYSTEM ATTACK 4 SERVE RECEIVE ABILITY 4 DEFENSIVE ABILITY 4 BLOCKING ABILITY Position Comments Solid serve receive. Great offensive range. Continue to build strength and improve blocking.

11 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM ASSISTANT COACH MATT MCCARTHY: You have a great volleyball IQ and all physical attributes to be an absolutely dominate player. You are very coachable and respectful player. The areas of your game that need work are your vocal communication and confidence in your skill sets. I think these two skills go together. You don t have to be the most vocal player on the team, but need to be more vocal pre play, during plays, and post play. You have a lot of knowledge about the game and you need to share it with your teammates. This will help whatever team you are on be better! I cannot stress enough that you need to be more confidence in your skills. You have all the potential; I am excited to see it be developed in the future! You are the man Austin!

2014 High Performance Athlete Evaluation

2014 High Performance Athlete Evaluation Evaluation for: EFRAIN SHARKEY 2014 High Performance Program: BYA3 Vernon Hills Position: MIDDLE BLOCKER Head Coach: Mark Lau Thank you for participating in a 2014 USA Volleyball High Performance Program.