Scouting only half the field

[anishde]

Originally Posted by GabbySaurus

In 2015 we had only 4 members on our team and we made it to the finals in both of our regionals and we won one. One way to scout successfully with almost no scout team is actually asking questions in person. Also family is a very good resource.

You had only FOUR members on your team? While it seems hard to believe, that would mean that excluding the three members of the drive team, you would have a grand total of one non-drive student...
Either way, to answer the OP's question - it's fairly easy to scout with a limited number of people. Our team last year regularly had 20-25 scouts, with roughly 12 people scouting at any given time. The minimum number of scouts required to scout an entire tournament is 10 IMO, with one student per team per match, leaving room for constant alternation.