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Scouting Fundamentals

What scouting is, why it wins matches, and the two pillars: pit scouting and match scouting. You will learn what data is worth collecting and how scouting connects to every strategic decision your team makes at an event.

Scouting Fundamentals is module 1 of 8 in the Scouting & Strategy guide. It picks up where Data Foundations: Spreadsheets and Statistics left off and hands over to Building a Scouting System. Its 3 lessons are about 115 minutes of the guide's ~21 hours.

3 lessons~115 min32 lessons in this guide

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In this module

3 lessons

01Why Scouting Wins MatchesScouting is the practice of gathering structured data about every robot at an event so your team can make better strategic decisions.35 min read

02Pit Scouting vs Match ScoutingThe two core scouting activities answer different questions: pit scouting asks what a robot can do, match scouting measures what it actually does.40 min read

03Choosing the Right MetricsPick a small set of high-value, game-specific metrics that are easy to record accurately and that map directly to decisions.40 min read

Previous moduleData Foundations: Spreadsheets and Statistics

Next moduleBuilding a Scouting System

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FRC terms used in Scouting Fundamentals

ScoutingSystematically collecting data on robots' performance to inform strategy and alliance-selection decisions.

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