> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run a tryout

> Evaluate trialists across a few sessions, compare them honestly, and promote the ones you select.

A **tryout** is a short program for **evaluating players for selection** onto one or more
teams. You capture across a few sessions the same way you always do, compare trialists on what
you actually saw, and promote the ones you pick onto their target team.

<Info>
  A tryout is about **selection**, and RinkNotes is honest about that — with players, with
  parents, and in what it shows you. It counts what coaches noted; it never turns a trialist
  into a rating or a rank, and no report ever states a selection outcome.
</Info>

## Create the tryout

Like a camp, a tryout is created by an **org admin** from the **team switcher**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the team switcher and choose New tryout">
    At the bottom of the switcher menu, tap **New tryout**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Say what it's selecting for">
    Pick the **team or teams this tryout feeds** under **Selecting for** — at least one. This
    is where trialists get promoted to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the variant and dates">
    Choose **Skater tryout** (the default) or **Goalie tryout**, then set the **name**,
    **start**, **end**, and **number of sessions**, and tap **Create tryout**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Add trialists and get consent

Trialists live on the **Trialists & Consent** tab. Each one carries a **Trialist** chip and
the **squad they're being considered for**.

Consent still comes first — **you can't capture about a trialist until consent is granted** —
but the ask is framed for what a tryout is. When you request it, the player (or their parent)
is asked to consent to the player being **evaluated for selection**, not only observed for
development. RinkNotes is explicit that a selection decision may follow, and equally explicit
that **no report ever states the outcome**.

<Note>
  Consent works exactly as it does on a team — invite the parent, or use **"This is my child"**
  for your own. On an **adult** tryout the player consents for themselves. See
  [Send consent requests](/coaches/consent-requests).
</Note>

## Run the sessions

You capture a tryout in the **phone capturer**, session by session, exactly like a
[camp](/coaches/camps#run-a-session) — **New session**, say it or type it, check the preview,
capture. Notes are filed under the session you're in.

## Compare and promote

The **Comparison** tab lays out your trialists against the skill areas as a grid of **how many
notes** each one drew in each area.

<Warning>
  Those are **note counts, not scores or rankings.** A busier row means a trialist drew more of
  your attention, not that they're "better" — RinkNotes won't rank players for you. The call
  stays yours.
</Warning>

To select a trialist, open them and use **Promote to {team}**. Promotion is an **org admin**
(director) action. It **creates a fresh roster spot** on the target team — a clean start.
**Tryout notes don't carry over**, so a player begins their season without their evaluation
attached. Once promoted, the trialist shows a green **Roster ✓** chip.

## What parents receive

By default, **nothing.** A tryout's evaluation stays with the **staff** — parents don't receive
tryout reports. That's deliberate: a tryout is a selection process, not a development record for
families.

## Where each part lives

| Task                    | Where                                                 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Create the tryout       | Team switcher (org admin) — workspace **or** capturer |
| Add trialists & consent | **Trialists & Consent** tab                           |
| Run sessions & capture  | The **phone capturer**                                |
| Compare trialists       | The **Comparison** tab, desktop workspace             |
| Promote onto a team     | Open a trialist → **Promote to {team}** (org admin)   |