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Originally Posted by MasterChief 573
I understand how some people can see scouting as a demotion but it really isn't. Scouting is one of the most important things you can do at a competition. On my team we make sure that it's important that they give the job their all, to do it completely and with a passion. There are two types of scouting the way we see it: pit scouting and match scouting. There are so many benefits to scouting. You get to learn about other teams robots, you get to make friendships with other teams, you get to make a good impression on behave of your team, and it helps you learn what robots you want to be with in eliminations. Ultimately scouting is one of the most important things you can do to have a successful competition, and it should be treated as such.
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You get all of the power when you're discussing a strategy with your alliance as well. Every alliance should be listening to the team that has the facts on how a team performed on the field. A team can say whatever they want in the pits (we're guilty of giving false information), but it will most likely differ from how they perform on the field.
Students on 166 feel the same way about not wanting to scout. I try and tell them over and over that scouting is infinitely important.
Here's some ways we get them to do it:
We assign shifts so they aren't constantly scouting
We have a pair of leads and a mentor to make sure they are doing it
It's very organized. We have the shifts, the sheet is easy to work with, it's easy to do
Boilermaker was the best scouting we've ever done. We just need a bigger binder so all of the teams are in the same binder...