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Originally Posted by Basel A
P.S. Note that fouls will not be announced to the crowd; only technical fouls and cards will be.
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Yes and no--fouls will be
signaled to the crowd, but not discussed/announced afterwards. And of course the score will change, but only after the signal is given. You'll definitely know if you're looking, but I am a little worried about my scouts catching them while watching the robot. This is challenge enough as a coach, and I've met may coaches who miss such things.
Also, you'll only be "told" which rule the foul is on for the "most common" fouls. Our at least our best guess at the most common fouls. The rest will take some deduction on the part of the scouts. Something to consider depending on the experience/knowledge/attentiveness of your scouts.
With regards to the rest of the sheet, I have to agree about including more than one match. Also, while your top information is mostly good to have, the format will not necessarily be easy for the scouts. Consider a more compact but distinctive block that minimizes writing for simple questions. Scouts will tend to "memorize" the layout in order to fill things out faster, and the series of "nnnnn_____" makes things run together a little more than is necessary.
The bottom section is still highly subjective and would require cross-referencing with the other robots in the match in many cases. (And even in the act of cross-referencing, you don't learn a whole lot.) It also puts another huge burden on the scouts in watching the other robots in the match as well, which will likely impact data quality. If you want to know more, you could leave a comments section or some descriptive adjectives to circle for each. Still, remember this is only really useful if your scouting team does well with subjectivity (some do, most don't).