Convincing a team to go electronic

[Tangert]

There does not have to be any cost to go to electronics scouting. Almost everyone has the technology with them in their pockets. Nor do you have to write an app. We have been doing electronics scouting for years. Simply create a Google Form(s), that enables information to be input, and then write up some formulas to analyze the data in Sheets and you have a complete cloud based electronic scouting system in minutes. We even have parents in the stands functioning imputing data. Our drive team and scouts work very closely together during the entire competition. The drive coach and the driver are focusing on the current match and the scouting lead/ strategist is focusing one-two matches ahead. At the end how the students play the game is not always based strictly on the numbers, but they play into how they play and they at least consider the data. If we did not have electronic scouting and match scouting, then that would not be possible. I would also highly suggest that you practice this. Sit down and watch the week one regionals/ districts and keep the stats and ask yourself how would we play the game. Just remember no plan of attack survives first contact.