scouting reports
Talent assessment documents
Scouting reports are detailed assessments of athletes, teams, or opponents, typically prepared by scouts for coaches, managers, or front offices.
They evaluate skills, tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses: The scouting report said he couldn't hit a curveball.
In business or military contexts, the term extends to any intelligence gathered about competition or adversaries before engagement.
- player statisticsRecorded athletic performance data
- field notesDocumentation from fieldwork
- swing mechanicsHow one executes a bat path
- arm strengthMuscular force in limbs
- game strategyPlan for winning play
skill assessment · prospects · rankings · notes · chart · dossier · intangibles · raw talent · tactical planning · minor leagues · talent scouting · psychological evaluation · player development · upside · binoculars · weaknesses · defensive formations · performance metrics
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- competitive gamingtier list, matchup, ranked play, tournament play, esports
- Coaching Toolsplaybooks, drills, practice plans, whistles, cones
- Football Coachinghead coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, coaching staff, playbook
- football literaturefootball history, bios, autobiography, playbooks, strategy guides
- Football Transferstransfer market, transfers, player contracts, transfer fees, loan agreements
scouting reportsgame footage
Recorded video of play
game film · statistical data · analytics · metrics · box scores
scouting reportsgut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
intuition · word of mouth · hunches · rumors · hearsay