pre scouting

[Citrus Dad]

Prescouting regionals can be difficult, but there is a significant correlation of previous years' OPRs with the current year, so you can start with that data. In some years, we've run regressions on component OPRs against our scouting data. IN 2014, we used that adjusted OPR data in our scouting system as "Match 0" to seed our drive team scouting data. By the end of the competition it was less than 10% of our scouting data.

The last 2 years, we've watched videos of the teams that are on our alliances during the flights to St. Louis. In 2014, we picked up the 2 rookie teams that we could assist the most. The value of the videos isn't looking for your strongest opponents but rather your weakest alliance members. You have limited resources so use the info you dig up to use those resources most effectively. For us it was deploying our mentors to help other teams.