Coaches keeping track of score

Maybe I'm just crazy (what a novel concept!), but in my mind the knowledge that the scoring is exponential could be enough for a level-headed coach to work with after some practice. I think it would be easier not to have to worry about dry-erase boards, etc. The only issue is visibility, but there's no guarantee that ringers will be visible enough to mark down anyway.

[Tytus Gerrish]

Practice practice practice. i know through my experience coaching. you need your eyes all over the field all the time. Im taking the full time role as coach this year with 1889. i already have that whole field burned into my brain. taking your eyes off that field for half a second to mark down where those donughts are or to look down to see what you've written could be the end of you.

not to mention my handwriting sucks anyways

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Practice practice practice. i know through my experience coaching. you need your eyes all over the field all the time. Im taking the full time role as coach this year with 1889. i already have that whole field burned into my brain. taking your eyes off that field for half a second to mark down where those donughts are or to look down to see what you've written could be the end of you.

not to mention my handwriting sucks anyways

I agree 100% tytus...I don't think its a great idea for a coach to be attempting to "keep score" during the match. It doesn't make sense. You just have to practice, stare at the field and get a feel for the game. If you do take your eyes off the field for a split second, something could change and your entire scoring process to that time is screwed up. You don't need to know your score, you need to know how to increase your score and thats easily done with your eyes and some good old common sense.

[Daniel Brim]

Whatever happened to real time scoring? With this game it will probably be simple enough that it should be fine for keeping track of rows and points.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brim

Whatever happened to real time scoring? With this game it will probably be simple enough that it should be fine for keeping track of rows and points.

Hah. Did you think that in '05 as well? Don't count on it. (remembering '05, when the "real-time" scoring was late and/or inaccurate until the end of the round)

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by EricH

Hah. Did you think that in '05 as well? Don't count on it. (remembering '05, when the "real-time" scoring was late and/or inaccurate until the end of the round)

As one of the real-time scorekeepers of that year (Curie field), I've got to say that we had a heck of a job on our hands. We had these handheld PDAs running some Hatch software that absolutely could not get disconnected from the network or turned off (lest you have to call them over to get it reset and working right). We had to count tetras on top and bottom of up to five goals (one did their home row, the middle row nearest the audience, and the center goal; the other volunteer did the other home row and the middle row goal nearest the scoring table), and track ownership. Basically, we had two people to do a three-person job.

However, that was with a Hatch-designed RTS system. I have high hopes for this year's system being more user-friendly.

Back to the topic at hand, I don't intend to send any drive team onto the field with more than a note card for reference (run this autonomous mode, block this guy, etc.). Assuming he or she can track the approximate length of their dominant rows and the opponent's dominant rows, a good coach stands to figure out what needs to happen next.

[dfukuba]

Our team had posted on the Q&A board about bringing laptops on the field for coaches to use, but as stated earlier. To comply with the rules, the laptop must me connected to the OI, and only the drivers can touch it.

I would think that your coach should be very aware of what is going on, and try to figure out where the best place to score is, without using any kind of Aid. It will be pretty had to write things down on the board and such, when robots are flying around and tubes are rolling everywhere.

IMHO

--Dan