[Jay O'Donnell]

The best things you can do as a strategist in my opinion are:
-Analyze multiple ways to play the game and make sure your design team builds to be able to play multiple ways.
-know the limitations and abilities of all six robots on the field before a match.
-Try to be the team that goes to strategy meetings with a plan, instead of the team that just goes with whatever an alliance partner says, and don't be afraid to stand up for your opinion if an alliance partner wants to run a strategy that you don't like.
-Make a pick list no matter where you are seeded. Also know enough about every robot at the event to make a good judgment call during alliance selections
-Make sure you have scouting data that you will be able to easily look at and compare teams with.