[Ben Martin]

I agree, having a strong knowledge of the teams at an event for draft-list making and match preparation is extremely important. I've had this mindset ever since a mentor in 2006 yelled at us for giving him bad scouting data. We buckled down and got better, and the match results improved as the scouting data improved.

At our last event, for making a pick list, we ordered the teams by coopertition bridge-adjusted OPR and cross referenced it to our scouted data.

We also like to print papers with our scouting comments and averaged data on it for theoretical 3-vs-3 match-ups. This helps when we discuss strategy during qualifications as a way to show that we know what we're doing.