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Same as everyone is saying... when I coached, there was regular feedback to the players.  At least a few times during the practice season and game season, I would make rounds and discuss where each player stood at that point in time, strengths and weaknesses, expectations, what to work on, what their role is, etc.  End of season, there was a detailed write up on same plus an off-season plan.  We meshed this with the dialog that occurred during the normal course of instruction.  

There was zero reason why a player wouldn't know where he stood and what he needed to do to change that.  Even with that, teens are teens and one or two each season still had some distorted perception but overall, it worked well with the players.  

We had the same pre-season speech with parents as others mentioned as well... making it clear that the players would know exactly where they stood and it wasn't to be discussed with parents unless there was a safety or other major concern.  It is amazing that the very minority problem parents would somehow be the ones not make that meeting or otherwise deny that was ever stated.   Then, of course there was the "lost in translation" issue that was inevitable between player and parents.  Still, this was the right way to do it.

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