Understaffed scouting

[Kevin Leonard]

Inter-team scouting efforts can be not only a fantastic tool for gathering data, but also a great way to make new friends on other teams.

For the past few years, Team 20 has run our scouting program, The Constellation, with a number of teams at each of our events. In 2013, we had the opportunity to scout with Team 4265, the Wildbots, at both Archimedes and IRI.
Since then, 4265 has become one of our team's best friends in FRC, despite the fact that they live quite a large distance away from us.

If no teams in your area run a similar program, find another team in a similar situation as you and pair up with them for scouting. You could also go to a more experienced team in your area with an established scouting program and ask them for help. Most teams would be willing to give it a shot.