Scouting is a term in English, it comes from the word scout which means explorer. Extrapolated to the world of football we can take her as someone who explores the plays and the players. This is a definition that we have to be clear about to dedicate ourselves to scouting.
What is it?
Scouting is the process that allows us to: Analyze players and determine characteristics to select them for our club, in addition to analyzing our own players within a match and training, to extract information from any of the player's structures and thus enhance their performance. You can also observe the tactical functions performed by the team in both the offensive and defensive phases.
Types of scouting
Scouting in a traditional way
This type of scouting can be carried out simply with a notebook and a pen, this is one of the most common practices among the most humble teams. In this report, the behavior of the rival as a block should mainly be collected when he is in possession of the ball, when it is stolen and when he does not have it. Set plays must also be analyzed, but these are easier, since the players' movements can be observed much better. Both the behavior of the attackers and the defenders must be taken into account. Furthermore, in this type of plays, footballers usually communicate using signs, which must also be written down so that our defenders know how they have to react at all times.
Once the team has been studied as a block, other details can be observed, such as the players who assume responsibility for serving the ball, the behavior of the forwards or those individual errors that cause imbalances in the team.
Scouting with technological means
When recording a video of a soccer match to analyze the opposing team, it is necessary to do so from a clear plane that covers the largest possible surface of the field. This way you can see both what is happening where the ball is and what is happening around it.
Once the video has been viewed and all the important aspects recorded, it is necessary to edit it to present it to the players, since through the images they will be able to better understand what their coach wants to convey to them.
In order to solve this problem, specific video editors have been created for sports analysis, such as Longomatch. These types of programs have multiple options to facilitate the work of the analyst and the coach. Since they allow you to analyze the matches much more easily, because you can decide what tactical aspects or which players you want to analyze.
