All Kinex Slamball Basketball Players must attend a player talent evaluation and try-out scheduled in the last week of October at each school in Mill Valley. The Kinex Academy Try-out Evaluation Process (KATEP) is a talent evaluation system that is designed to give comparative age appropriate skill development standards for playing sports on spontaneous playground teams with peers, school based teams, organized recreational teams, competitive club teams, regional teams, state teams and national teams. We believe that giving developing athletes and their parents clear and accurate feedback on a player’s sport development with clear performance goals for playing at all levels of the sport can help young athletes to focus their sport skills development and training on realistic and attainable performance goals now and in the future.

All players who sign-up for the Kinex Academy Try-out Evaluation Process (KATEP) will be evaluated for their:

• Speed
• Agility
• Strength
• Coordination
• Motor Learning
• Attention Span
• Physical Reaction Time
• Perceptual Reaction Time
• Cognitive Reaction Time
• Sport Specific Skill Set
• Court/Field Sense
• Knowledge of the Sport
• Motivation
• Commitment

All participants whether they are chosen for the first team or not are eligible to order a comprehensive written player evaluation outlining strengths, weakness and recommendations for how to take their game to the next level along with our custom talent evaluation report for parents. Parent can order a comparative sports development report that shows how their child measures up to age appropriate player standards on the playground, on school teams, organize recreational teams, club/ travel teams, regional teams, state teams, national teams for a small fee of $25.00.