Scouting

2019 Competition Goals

Collect and provide accurate, up-to-date, relevant data to scouting and drive teams for (1) game strategy and (2) draft selection

Goals

• Keep things simple and focus on data that is usable, easy to understand, accurate, easy to gather and supports the underlying strategic initiatives

Data Collection

• Pre-Season, week 0 matches, etc.
  • read rules and competitionin guides. Re-read, summarize, extract key points, test team members on thier knowledge
  • gather scouting data on other teams online
  • RiD3
  • verify and adjust our methods
  • train scouts and test
• Match - scout team:
  • input method should be reliable and simple to use and understand
    • ensuring that all scouts are collecting data consistently
    • ensuring that all scouts are paying attention to the matches
  • flexibility for ad-hoc, unformatted text should be supported but minimized.
  • gather feedback from drive team immediately after match
• Match - additional data:
  • incorporate BlueAlliance API data

Data Storage

• Select data storage platform to support Data Collection and Analysis

Data Analysis

• analysis methods and algorithms to ultimately support
  • match strategy
    • coordinate with alliance team members with match-specific strategy that can actually be accomplished. Focus on a few (3) clear objectives that can actually be accomplished
  • draft selection
    • draft order is the ultimate decision point - focus on teams that complement our skills and maximize scoring

Strategy and Drive Team

Strategic Objectives and supporting data points

Team Strategic Objective	Strategy Specific	Drive Team Specific	Supporing Data

General Strategic Goals and Supporting Data for Any Season

• Speed
• Agility
• Scoring
  • method 1
  • method 2
  • method 2
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Complementary Skills

2020 and Onward

• Develop Scouting App
• Improve data collection
• Build software development and data analysis skills

Resources

Scouting Resources