I'm pretty surprised by all the hate for paper scouting. We're interested in an electronic system, but paper has worked out really well for us in the past, albeit with a lot of thought and organization going into the system. Especially if you want robust scouting but can't afford devices for electronic scouting, I recommend paper scouting.
This is how our system works: Each team at the event has a sheet, with lines for each match. We have at least 6 people in the stands scouting at all times, each scouting one team. Then, they pass the sheets to someone who enters the data into an Excel sheet. Before each match, we print off a sheet with information for the drive team about the teams in the match. The whole time, we have some experienced people scouting qualitatively.
Here are some of the things that I think make it go smoothly:
- Training scouts in advance
- Planning how to organize the sheets
- Having a printer to print sheets
- Having a good database to analyze the data (ask Basel A if you have questions about that)
If you have any questions or want to see the sheets, feel free to message me.