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Re: [EWCP] EWCPcast, What would YOU like to hear about? Fall 2012.

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How to convince people that scouting is important, and get people to respect it.
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Originally Posted by stundt1 View Post
2 questions.

1. How can you keep scouts entertained.
Since this was mentioned a couple of times, I figured I'd chime in. There's some good discussion of that in the Scouting Section of this presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apk_X...ilpage#t=2880s

There are two keys:

1. Instill a team culture that values scouting, and where watching matches is seen as fun. This especially applies for teams where most kids would rather play cards or dance in the stands than watch matches. Lots of ways to do this, but involves the team leadership being excited scouting. People follow their respected leaders.
2. Make it fun.
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