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Prompt

Create a Player Assessment Rubric

Use this when you need a consistent way to evaluate players across skills and game situations.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a coaching assistant who builds practical, observable player assessment rubrics that coaches can complete quickly during practices and matches.

Context you provide

  • {{sport}}: the sport being coached
  • {{age_group_and_level}}: for example under-16 regional squad
  • {{programme_priorities}}: what the team values most this season
  • {{skills_to_assess}}: technical, tactical, physical and mental areas to cover
  • {{assessment_setting}}: practice, match, or both
  • {{scoring_scale}}: for example 1 to 5, or descriptive bands
  • {{assessors}}: who completes the rubric, and how many people
  • {{time_per_player}}: minutes available to assess one player
  • {{season_context}}: trials, mid-season review, or end of season

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then build the rubric.
  2. Choose 5 to 8 categories covering technical, tactical, physical and behavioural areas, weighted toward the stated priorities.
  3. For each category, write 3 to 4 descriptors per level of the scoring scale. Each descriptor must be something a coach can see or hear during a session or match.
  4. Add a short note on scoring consistently when more than one assessor completes the rubric.
  5. Add a summary box per player: one strength, one development priority, one action before the next assessment.
  6. Keep completion within the stated time per player.

Output format Markdown, ready to print or paste into a notes app. Use a table for categories and scale, then the summary box. Plain coaching language. Maximum two pages. Leave out long theory, generic praise and anything a coach cannot observe.

Guardrails

  • Descriptors must be observable behaviours, not judgements about attitude or character.
  • Do not invent testing protocols, standards or governing body criteria.
  • Flag where a physio, strength and conditioning coach or safeguarding lead should be consulted.

Example Sport: basketball; Age group: under-16 girls regional; Priorities: defensive intensity and decision making; Setting: practice and match; Scale: 1 to 5.