[New Lightning]

Gee Two, your reasoning is solid. It depends on how you scout if you use the information in the seeding matches. The best way to use the information during the prelims is to have some way of compiling the data electronically. That can be using a scouting app or your own computer based system, or it could be a paper system that you feed the data into a computer after every match. Because its electronics you can quickly analyze past performance and that can help your drive team.

Obviously you won't have any current data for the first match and maybe not even by the second, but by the third match you should have a least a little understanding of what the other teams can do and that can be very helpful in planning for your upcoming match.

Then when you have the data compiled you send a runner, preferably your scouting lead student who knows the most about what is going on, down to the pit with the information and let your drive team know.