As you & Merlion mention, it really does come down to who the team your scouting is playing at the time. You can get really fooled on a team if you do not keep that in mind. For scouting, you really have to have knowledgeable personel to do it right. There are times during our games given situation, we will have one of our coaches go watch another team especially if our game times are overlapping. While the girls are getting their breaks between games, we are always watching other play to understand them better & learn things as well from them on how they defense certain situations. Knowing these little things allows me to know what they will do if I do "A" "B" or "C." There are a lot of coaches that will always do the same thing regardless of whose on base or hitting & when I play them I try to use this as an advantage for our team.
Also, I really think the players should be watching the games as well when they are not playing. I definitely think they need their downtime in between games, but I also think that part of their time should just be watching teams play or the next team they are playing. I can't wait until one of my girls comes to me voluntarily & tells me that player X can't hit the change or she a dead pull hitter etc. When that happens - it will be a glorious day
