How to Scout using Scoutradioz

Scouting falls into two groups:

1. The team members who are assigned to pit scouting and/or match scouting rotations, and then also
2. Anyone who is interested or called to do “ad hoc” scouting.

Assigned scouts are team members who are put into a ‘scouting pair’ and assigned pit scouting and/or are assigned slots into the scheduled qualifying match scouting rotation.

• Scouts can find their pit and/or match scouting assignments in the ‘Scouting Dashboard’
  • Teams which have already been scouted will have grayed-out buttons - but you can still go in and update the data in the form if needed
• During pit scouting, go with your partner(s) to the pits of your assigned teams and your partner(s) assigned teams.
  • For your assigned teams, make sure to take a good picture of the robot, and then work through the questions on the pit scouting form.
  • Regarding the free text fields: be as complete as possible but don’t go overboard.
• During qualifying matches, keep an eye on when your next block of matches starts. Be sure to be in your seat in the stands well before your next assigned match! (or if you know you can’t be there, get someone to cover and let the scouting lead know)
  • The match scouting form should show the team number, which alliance their on, and a picture of the robot (which helps identifying which bot to track, especially if bumper numbers are obscured)
  • Use the form to track the actions of the robot you’re watching. After autonomous is over, make sure you advance to the next section! (usually Teleop)
  • Often there is an Endgame section. When/if the robot transitions to endgame activity, switch to that section.
  • Usually there is a General section, with observations like defense ratings, “other notes”, etc. The “other notes” are surfaced in other analytical views but are only visible to logged-in team members - so be honest (but still keep it GP!)

Anyone who has a login into a team in SR and has a role other than “Viewer” can jump in and do scouting even if they haven’t been assigned to specific pits or weren’t included in the rotation schedule.

• Ad-hoc scouts can look at the “one-off” pit scouting & match scouting views
  • Every pit & match scouting entry has an assigned scout but you might be helping to cover (either asked by the assigned scout, or the scouting lead, or you’ve volunteered to do some coverage, etc.)
• For pit scouting, team which have already been pit scouted will have grayed-out views; any non-grayed-out teams still need to be pit scouted
  • See above for details about how to fill out the pit scouting form
• For match scouting, you can see all six teams listed for the next several matches.
  • Usually a completed match will ‘fall off’ before the next match starts, but not always!
  • See above for details about how to fill out the match scouting form