How did your scouting work?

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Not so great. Rule #1 that I learned: As opposed to getting information that I think is relevant, talk to the drive coach and drive team and ask what information they want. I had my kids fill out these elaborate sheets asking for drivetrain descriptions and when I handed them to my drive coach, he used about 3 of the sections of the about 20 sectioned sheets. Moral? Ask the people who are going to use the info what info they want.

I learned that scouts should include information about all of the teams at the regional, because the drive team is not happy when they're about to play and there's no information on the opponents.