Make Scouting Fun?

[Edxu]

Since 2014 I think, we switched to tablet-based scouting, which lets our Strategy Division plan matches using data gathered in real-time, helping with Match Planning.

Before competition, a few of our senior guys go over a typical match to plan, going through the process and pointing out specifically every single point where a team member's scouting is valued.
Specific examples include: "How successful is their Cheval crossing in Auto? Can we trust them to deliver, or should we ask them to go for a safer option like the Rock Wall or Rough Terrain?", and point out that scouting data helps here.

When it gets to that Friday night where we have a pick-list meeting, we use our own scouting data to predict the results of Saturday morning's matches and see how that impacts the rankings, then use that in turn to predict Alliance Selections and so on.

When a new team member goes to comp for the first time and sees senior guys working on the robot and asks what they can do to help, the senior members should respond by asking for high-quality scouting, because good scouting will occasionally outright win you a match.

I think that for your situation, you need to create a team culture among the senior members first where scouting is respected and highly appreciated, and that scouts are positively reinforced about the work that they do.

If you have further questions, feel free to pm me.