Lesson 2 - Kickoff!
Once the build season begins, all subteams will be very busy. It's important to manage the scouting team resources to ensure everything is done before competition season begins. The system needs to be programmed, scouts need to be trained, and strategists need to be prepared to create picklists from observations and data.
Timeline
Here's a rough schedule on what the scouting team should be doing:
Kickoff
- Scout registration
- Discuss metrics and high-level strategy
Week 1
- Go over game manual with scouting team
- Create first Google Form quiz and Kahoot questions
- Finalize scouting app metrics
Week 2
- Have scouts complete first Google Form quiz
- Review manual and quiz results during the meeting
- Begin working on scouting system
- Create second Google Form quiz and Kahoot questions
Week 3
- Kahoot during the meeting
- Begin working on the second quiz
Weeks 4 & 5
- Second Kahoot during the meeting
- Finish scouting system and Tableau graphs
Week 6/Week 0 (competition)
- Introduce how the scouting app works
- Practice scouting during the meeting
- Develop method to grade practice scouting entries
Week 1 (competition)
- Create scouting rotations
- Prepare scouts for competitions (answer questions)
- Ensure scouting system is ready to go (full run through)
Week 2 (competition)
- Create travel team list