Let’s Play! Data Collection Tools
Maryland State Youth Soccer Association
Summary
The Let’s Play! program from the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association (MSYSA) expands soccer opportunities for children in Title I and community elementary schools. A core component of the program’s success is its commitment to performance assessment and data collection.
This resource pack provides templates and tools for collecting feedback and evaluating program quality. Resources include registration data forms, parent and player end-of-season surveys, coach-mentor feedback surveys, and site evaluation forms. Together, they enable consistent measurement of outcomes, improvements in delivery, and greater accountability.
The full Let’s Play! Curriculum, a how-to guide, schools presentation, and key job descriptions are also available on the Resource Hub, ensuring a comprehensive view of how to launch, manage, and measure this high quality after-school soccer program.
Let’s Play! Registration Form – Fall 2025
Coach-Mentor & CSL Feedback Survey Form
HOW AND WHEN IT CAN HELP
- To inform strategies to embed monitoring, evaluation and learning iinto program planning and delivery.
- As a set of templates for organizations wanting to design their own data gathering tools.
- As a training tool to introduce monitoring, evaluation and learning concepts to staff teams.
WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS RESOURCE PACK
It balances practical forms (registration, evaluations) with reflection-based surveys for staff, players, and parents. This creates a 360-degree feedback loop that supports program improvement and sustainability.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THIS RESOURCE PACK
- How will your organization adapt these tools to reflect your community’s specific needs?
- Do you have systems and culture in place to analyze and act on the data collected from parents, players, and staff?
- How can you share findings with schools, parents, and community partners to strengthen trust and transparency?
- Who in your organization will be responsible for ensuring consistent use of these tools across program sites?
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
Maryland State Youth Soccer Association (MSYSA) is the state’s representative of U.S. Soccer and U.S. Youth Soccer, serving over 150,000 players and 350 member organizations. Through outreach initiatives like Let’s Play!, MSYSA works to expand access to the game in underserved communities, combining soccer with nutrition, mentorship, and academic support to drive holistic youth development. To learn more visit MSYSA.org.
CREDITING CONTRIBUTORS
The Resource Hub is made possible by the generosity of contributors. It demonstrates the rich expertise and collective team spirit that exists across our soccer community.
All resources that have been contributed to the Resource Hub are free for users of the Hub to learn from, adapt and implement in their own organization and community.
Where relevant, we encourage users of the resources to formally or informally credit the resource creator, to acknowledge their expertise and generosity.