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Re: Advice for new strategist?
Actually, building the 2008 mechanism isn't the problem, the problem is when you get that nasty urge to "improve" that mechanism-- a trap my team and many others fell into.
Other than that, I should probably have mentioned in my post that oft repeated advice that you can have the best idea, but if you can't execute you're worse off than someone who executed a "poorer" idea. I like Schreiber's description: simple, effective, easy to use (and achievable!). |
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Thank you all so much for the help, I can tell I'm going to be checking this thread pretty much the entire year. I'll talk to my president and get someone assigned to rule compliance/inspection.
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I have found that in strategy, data is EVERYTHING. If you have good scouting data, it should always point you in the right direction. A good strategy structure requires a strong scouting base to be successful.
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Assuming your that your head strategist I assume you will be at meetings with drive teams to discuss strategy. When you are there you should know the limits of your robot, I found that even at champs there were teams that said they could do things that they ended up not being able to do reliably. Also when training drivers it's best to put them under pressure, if you train them in a calm environment they won't be prepared for when they get to their first event. If you are going to an off-season event you should let any student get the chance to be on drive team.
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Hi,
My advice comes in two forms. Build season, and competition season My suggestions would be to analyze the game heavily once it is released and further watch it develop. You should: -Develop a few of your own strategies and watch them play out in your head (or by simulating the game with some friends). -Keep an eye on rule updates. -Look into how your team wants to play the game- are your resources and skills conducive to the kind of offense (or defense) you want to play? Once the game is being played, simply watch. See what works and what doesn't. Don't play it safe, always leave yourself another option should your strategies not work out. |
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Already a lot of good advice, but one thing that should be stressed is: watch as many matches as possible.
Even watching matches this summer of past seasons will help get an understanding of what robots are generally possible to do and will provide some insight to some strategies/tactics that are found nearly every year (strafing vs t-boning defense). Once the year starts, watch teams who you will later compete against. Watch events that are comparable to your event (if you are going to a tough week 6 50 team event, try to watch other large tough events opposed to the 30 team brand new regional). Watch what type of alliances get formed (and win). Watch the teams that seed high and see how they played. Watch successful robots that are similar to you. All the strategy planning during the first few days/weeks of buildseason is important to design your robot, but when it comes to actually playing matches, nearly all of my strategy decisions stem from watching matches and seeing how the game is actually played out. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions or ask for advice. If you are confused why a team picked a certain team or why they did a certain strategy in a specific match, ask them. Unless you are asking them for their CAD files a week into build season, I'm sure they will answer your questions or at least help. |
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As far as managing scouters, in an ideal world you have the right number of people not only for six scouters (one for each robot in a match) but also for backup scouters, someone to run the stands, and someone to run pit scouting. This set up would allow you to run back and forth to the pits as much as you need and to manage mainly strategy while having the scouting data at your disposal.
Unfortunately, I think we all know that this is not an ideal world, and especially on a fairly new team you might not have the ideal number of people (it's not just rookie teams, though, I run into this problem more often than not and my team's been around since the Stone Age, or so it seems). As long as you have six people available to scout matches counting yourself your job is not going to be the most difficult thing, even though it might not be the easiest. If you personally don't have to scout, try not to so that you can focus on lists for alliance selection. My team uses half-sheets designed for scouters to fill out to record data -- the sheet asks a variety of questions such as "do they successfully shoot during autonomous", "tally the number of high goals, low goals, truss shots, and assists that they make", and others geared at obtaining information about how the team plays the game. The scouters simply have to fill in the blanks for the robot to which they are assigned and I or whoever I put in charge of the stands files the sheets away in manila folders marked with the appropriate team number. While the scouters scout, your main responsibilities will be to pick at least five or so teams that you'd want to work with during eliminations and running data back and forth slash consulting with your drive coach/team captain in the pits. This is why having someone in charge of the stands is important -- otherwise they can get messy and disorganized while you are off strategizing. Make sure when you go to see your drive coach/captain that you carry all pertinent scouting data with you, because you might not remember everything important about a team and having everything with you will expedite the whole process a bit. There's all kinds of information that I can give you. PM me if you're interested and I can share a couple of Google Docs with you that have been very helpful to my scouters and I this season. Last edited by Riverdance : 04-06-2014 at 13:50. |
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Something I totally forgot to add in my post, collaborating with other teams that also have problems with getting enough people is a great idea. It helps to get another team's perspective on scouting, and you often get the best of both worlds. When doing this, be sure to figure out which scouting sheet & system to use beforehand, so as to avoid confusion.
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Thank 433 as well, being the people @ MARCMP that I collaborated with. Just sending one person into the stands makes life wonderful. More? More lovely. |
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