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Surveys — Player Goals & Parent Feedback for Coaches

Surveys: Player Goals & Parent Feedback

Rizzler's survey tool lets coaches send preseason questionnaires to players and parents — collecting position preferences, development goals, playing time expectations, availability, and medical notes before the first practice. You walk into day one knowing what every family expects from the season.

Rizzler survey builder showing a preseason parent questionnaire with position preference and availability fields

Why Surveys Matter

Every coach has had the conversation three weeks into the season: "My son was told he'd pitch this year." Or: "She doesn't want to play catcher anymore." Or: "We're missing the last four weekends for vacation."

These surprises kill your season planning. Surveys prevent them. Send a preseason survey, get answers back before draft day or the first practice, and build your plan around reality instead of assumptions.

How Surveys Work in Rizzler

Step 1: Choose a survey template or build your own. Rizzler includes prebuilt templates for preseason parent surveys, player goal-setting, and midseason check-ins. Customize questions to fit your league or club.

Step 2: Send the survey to your roster. Parents receive a link via email or text. They fill it out on their phone in 3-5 minutes.

Step 3: Review responses in one place. Rizzler collects all responses into a single dashboard. Sort by question, by player, or export for your records.

Step 4: Use the data in your planning. Position preferences feed into your game planning. Availability conflicts show up in your schedule. Development goals inform your player evaluations.

Common Survey Use Cases

Use Case	What You'd Ask	When to Send
Preseason parent survey	Position preferences, availability, medical notes, expectations	Before draft or first practice
Player goal-setting	What positions do you want to play? What do you want to improve?	First week of the season
Midseason check-in	How's the season going? Any concerns?	Halfway through the schedule
Postseason feedback	What went well? What should change?	After the last game
Tryout registration	Contact info, age verification, experience level, positions played	Before tryouts

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Surveys for Little League Coaches

Draft day is coming and you've never seen half these kids play. Send a parent survey two weeks before evaluations and you'll know who wants to pitch, who played travel ball last year, who's brand-new to baseball, and who has a scheduling conflict with soccer.

That information changes how you evaluate and how you draft. Pair survey data with evaluation event scores and you're making informed decisions instead of going off one afternoon of drills.

Surveys for Travel Clubs

Running tryouts for 80 kids across four age groups? Send a pre-tryout survey to collect positions played, tournament experience, availability for the full season, and parent contact info. By the time kids show up, you've already organized them by age group and flagged the ones with scheduling conflicts that might affect your roster decisions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can parents fill out surveys on their phone?

Yes. Surveys are mobile-friendly — parents get a link and fill it out in a browser on any device. No app download required.

Are survey responses private?

Yes. Only coaches and administrators on your team or organization can see survey responses. Parents see only their own submitted answers.

Can I use surveys for tryout registration?

Yes. Many clubs use Rizzler's survey tool as a lightweight tryout registration form — collecting player info, experience, positions, and availability before tryout day.

Is the survey tool available on the Free plan?

Surveys require the Pro plan ($14.99/mo) for individual coaches, or the League & Club plan ($799/yr) for organizations.

Can I customize the questions?

Yes. Start from a template or build from scratch. You can add multiple choice, short answer, and yes/no questions. Rizzler also supports conditional logic — show a follow-up question only if the parent selects "yes" to a previous one.

Surveys are included in the Pro plan ($14.99/mo) and the League & Club plan ($799/yr). Get started free and upgrade when you're ready to send your first survey.