Simple Strategy Rules of Thumb
In all my years in FIRST I have learned these very simple rules of thumb for scouting...
1. Watch a robot to find out its capability's.
2. Talk to the team to see if they are easy to work with.
In a nutshell, if you go around the pit, asking a team what they can do you are taking a huge risk. You can ask people to be honest til the cows come home, and they will always exadurate (unless they are really broken in which case they will usually tell you, "yeah, we can move like 2 ft thats about it right now!"...big points in my book for honesty). If you want to be successful in FIRST you have to either...
a. have an unstoppable robot.
b. have a great strategy team.
c. get picked by a team with an unstoppable robot or great strategy team.
Its all about watching matches people.
Peace,
Andy Grady
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