Evaluations are how development is tracked on SHOT Clubhouse. They are designed to build confidence, create consistency, and improve performance at every level of the game. They happen around each event — before, after, and from the coach — and the questions come directly from your team's framework, changing week by week.
Each event can trigger up to three kinds of evaluation. The coach chooses how much each athlete is asked to do. Scoring athletes needs the coach's own Premium, so check what is free and what needs Premium before you start.
The athlete rates themselves before a session or match. Builds intention and sets their mindset heading into the event.
Completed by: Athletes
Reflect
The athlete reflects on how they performed after the event. Builds self-awareness and honest self-assessment over time.
Completed by: Athletes
Coach Feedback
The coach evaluates each athlete individually across the five categories and adds free-form Coach Notes. Visible to athletes (and parents for under-18s) once submitted.
Completed by: Coaches
Choose a level for each athlete. Evaluation intensity has four options: Off, Coach only, Coach + Post (the athlete adds a Reflect after the event) and Full cycle (Prepare, Reflect and Coach Feedback). Most coaches start with Coach only and add self-evaluation once athletes are comfortable with the process. See Enabling and disabling evaluations.
The five categories
Every question in every evaluation maps to one of five development categories. These categories are consistent across all frameworks and all sports.
Technical
Ball skills, game craft, positioning, and sport-specific technique.
Physical
Strength, movement, agility, and stamina.
Psychological
Mindset, confidence, resilience, and how an athlete handles pressure.
Social
Teamwork, communication, respect for teammates and opponents.
Personal
Effort, attitude, personal responsibility, and drive to improve.
The framework your team follows determines which specific question is asked within each category for a given week. The categories themselves never change.
How scores work
Each evaluation question is answered on a scale of 1 to 5. The score is recorded per category per event.
The average score
An athlete's average score (shown as a number out of 5 on their dashboard — for example, 2.4/5) is a rolling average across all completed Coach Feedback evaluations for the current period.
Strengths and Focus Areas
Coach feedback and the development report highlight where an athlete is strongest and where to work next:
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Strengths
The categories where the athlete is scoring highest.
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Focus Areas
The categories to work on next.
Alongside Strengths and Focus Areas, the app pulls specific Development Focus Areas — actionable guidance pulled from the framework for that week, matched to the athlete's areas of development.
What coaches see
Coach
The coach's event page has four tabs: Dashboard, Prepare, Reflect, and Coach Feedback.
Dashboard tab
A real-time overview of the event. Shows total athletes on the team, attendance count (confirmed / total), Prepare completion rate, and Coach Feedback completion rate.
Coach Feedback tab
This is where coaches complete evaluations. Each athlete is listed so you can see who still needs feedback.
Tap an athlete's name to expand their evaluation view. The app shows:
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The five category questions for this week
One question per category (Technical, Physical, Psychological, Social, Personal), drawn from the team's framework for the current week.
2
The athlete's Reflect score alongside yours
For each question, you can see both the athlete's Reflect score and your own Coach score. This allows you to compare how the athlete rated themselves against your assessment.
3
Submit feedback
Enter your scores for each category and submit. The athlete's feedback is released immediately and visible to them (and to their parent if applicable).
What athletes see
Athlete
Athletes see their evaluations in PERFORM. Their Spotlight and Analytics show events, evaluations completed and progress.
Completing evaluations
When an event is published, athletes who have evaluations switched on see the event in PERFORM. Open the event to complete Prepare before the session (Full cycle only) and Reflect after it.
Viewing Coach Feedback
Once the coach submits feedback, the athlete can open Coach Feedback on that event to see:
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Overall score out of 5
The coach's combined score for this event, for example 3.0/5. The coach's name is shown alongside the score.
B
Strengths
The categories where the athlete scored highest this event.
C
Focus Areas
The categories to work on.
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Development Focus Areas
Specific, actionable coaching guidance from the framework — framed as development prompts rather than a grade. For example: "Personal — Move into space as soon as you identify it" or "Technical — Move towards the ball, don't wait for it."
Analytics and past events. Athletes can review earlier events and see how their scores change over the season in the ANALYTICS tab in PERFORM. Analytics and the development report need Premium.
What parents see
Parent
Whether a parent can see evaluations depends on the child's age group.
U13
Under 13 — parent sees everything
The parent controls the account. Evaluations, event details, and coach feedback are visible to the parent. A parent subscription covers up to 3 children.
13+
13 to 18 — shared access when linked
The athlete manages their own account and evaluations. If a parent account is linked, the parent also receives event notifications and can view coach feedback. Ask your coach to set up the link.
18+
18 and over — athlete only
Adult athletes have independent accounts. No parent access is available.
The Three-Stage Feedback Loop
Evaluations are not a one-time test; they form a continuous three-stage development loop around each event:
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Prepare (Athlete before session)
Before training or matchday, the athlete completes a quick self-readiness check and sets their personal focus based on the current block's pillar theme.
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Reflect (Athlete after session)
Following the event, the athlete reflects on how they performed against their focal goals, scoring their effort and noting observations.
3
Coach Feedback (Coach evaluation)
The coach reviews the athlete's reflection and provides ratings across the five pillars, adding specific, constructive next steps.
Enabling and disabling evaluations
Coach
Evaluations are controlled in two places. There is no team settings switch for Prepare, Reflect and Coach Feedback.
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Per athlete: Evaluation intensity
Open the Squad tab in PERFORM, tap the athlete, find Evaluation intensity on their card and tap Change. Choose Off, Coach only, Coach + Post or Full cycle. A change also updates unanswered questions on events that are open now.
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Per event: Enable Athlete Evaluations
Open the event, find Evaluation Settings and switch Enable Athlete Evaluations on or off for that event only. Use this for friendlies or sessions where you do not want evaluations.
Premium. Scoring athletes, Prepare, Reflect and frameworks need Premium, and a coach needs their own. See What is free and what needs Premium. A team-wide default is not available yet.
