[Liu346]

Hi guys it is very interesting how yall have approached this new issue of scouting at higher levels. Our team, 346, has taken a new approach this year to utilize our large team during this process. We have begun a 19 person scouting cycle. Yes this number may seem very high because most teams use only 7 or eight people but I will explain why it has become so useful. Since our team consist of new 70 students we decided to begin utilizing the resource of a large team so we began to break down this years game with the mindset of having a large scouting team. We have 2 people scouting each robot for each alliance. One is for qualitative data such as where it shoots from or why it has become stuck going over certain defenses. When the other scouter is looking for straight quantitative data. This would be like number of high goal shots and how many times they cross the ramparts. This is then sent to compilers who enter data into advanced spreadsheets that then tabulate the data and begin ranking the teams on the different data points. While the quantitative data is entered into the computer the qualitative data is fled in a filing box to be used later that night. We then have the data analyzed by a group of students and mentors to decide on strategies and defenses for the next match. This takes about 18 hard working students to pull off. This does not even include the students from other cycles so we can give our hard working team a break. Finally we use the qualitative data to cross reference data that night to create a pick list for the next day. Good luck in this years STRONGHOLD.