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Re: Qualitative Scouting?

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Originally Posted by Captain_Kirch View Post
All this can be tracked with numbers, trust me! You just have to think outside the box. Instead of asking how good a driver is, ask how bad they are (Do they get fouls constantly, fail tasks, etc.). Instead of asking how well a team cycles, ask how many cycles they complete a match. Think through your measures, decide whats important to you and whats not. Just be sure your scouts are recording data, not opinion pieces.
I should clarify that we do plenty of quantitative scouting as well, and I agree that hard data is really useful. The things I listed are things that I find it's helpful to take notes on qualitatively, although they certainly can be tracked quantitatively. Scouting can definitely vary a lot from team to team, and we like to combine our data with more subjective opinions.