[jwfoss]

I can attest to the scouting methods of 1511 as they were kind enough to "adopt" me for Championships last year as my team at the time did not qualify. It was a great experience to see how they do things and to help out where I could.

I believe the real strength in their system, beyond the technology, comes from their student’s high level of involvement and understanding of each year’s games. To me, having a continuous string of students who are really into this part of FIRST, and have experience is the key to being a "strategic" team.

Be sure that the younger students are putting in the work as well and you will maintain a solid system.

2168 is currently developing our scouting/strategy system as this is something completely new to the team this year.

We are developing a heavily programmed excel worksheet that takes inputs from one “data entry” person, and six scouts (one for each robot on the field) filling out paper sheets. The data will be analyzed and used for qualification matches as well as alliance selection and understanding the abilities of our opponents. We hope to post up our excel based system before the Week 1 Regionals.

Thanks again to 1511 for letting me hang out with you guys last year.