Advantages between scouting apps vs. sheets

[Mr. Tatorscout]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

Lastly, while a fancy tablet system is cool to show off and uses less paper, if something goes wrong with programming or anything, the data is lost. Pen and paper scouting systems are infallible, even if your excel database explodes.

I agree that some data can be occasionally (albeit rarely) lost. However, since we switched to tablets, the quantity and quality of our objective and subjective scouting data skyrocketed. Students were so much more willing to enter data on a tablet than write much on a piece of paper. Also, much easier to read than a teenager's handwriting. Having fast access to the data means providing information that could be crucial to the drive team.