Guides for day-to-day scouting.
What works in scouting departments, explained plainly. Useful whether or not you use SquadOffice.
Scouting report template: what it should include
The sections that cannot be missing, the rating scale and a complete example. So every report in the club can be compared.
- Match context and player details, always
- Ratings by area: technical, tactical, physical, mental and positional
- Three specific strengths and three weaknesses
Report · R. Orduña
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How to organise a club's scouting department
From "everyone watches what they can" to a department that knows what it is looking for, who is watching it and what was decided. Six steps that work for a big club and an academy alike.
2 min read · 7 sectionsRead the guideToolsFrom the scouting spreadsheet to a system
The spreadsheet works until it does not. The signs it has outgrown you and how to move on without starting from scratch.
2 min read · 3 sectionsRead the guideBoardHow to prepare the transfer shortlist for the board
How many players to bring, what to show for each one and how to present it so you leave the meeting with a decision.
2 min read · 4 sectionsRead the guideCriteriaHow to align criteria between scouts
Two scouts watch the same match: one gives a 6, the other an 8. How to make an 8 mean the same across the whole department.
2 min read · 2 sectionsRead the guide