Platform Elite runs tryouts on Callback.

A 33-team club in Bettendorf, Iowa put its whole tryout on Callback — every rating, every ranking, every roster — and hasn't looked back.

Before: app after app, and back to paper

Platform Elite had tried tryout software before. Each time, the club ended up where most clubs end up — coaches taking notes on paper, a director rebuilding everything in a spreadsheet at night, and a gym full of families waiting on results.

“Callback is the best thing that ever happened to our tryout process! We have tried app after app and always ended up taking notes on paper. After using Callback, we will never go back.”

Tryout day: phones up, clipboards down

On tryout day, the club's registration spreadsheet is already loaded — age groups, shirt numbers, positions, and check-ins sync straight from the sheet the front desk uses. Coaches rate from their phones court-side, two taps per skill, without looking away from the drill. When the gym Wi-Fi drops — and it drops — every rating keeps saving on the device and syncs the moment a connection returns. Across the club's tryout dates, 15 coaches captured 10,003 ratings on 576 athletes, and not a single one was lost.

After the whistle: from ratings to rosters

While coaches rate, the director watches rankings assemble live — position-weighted and sorted for 6v6 court placement by player strength. From the same data, the club works its offers, tracks accepts and declines, and builds its 33 teams with jersey numbers and coach assignments. The evaluation that used to live on paper now ends as a defensible roster the whole staff can stand behind.

Not just tryout week

Callback keeps each athlete's evaluations across seasons, so a returning player's history is there the next time the club runs a tryout. Platform Elite now runs its full tryout cycle on Callback — tryouts, evaluations, offers, and rosters, all in one place.