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you asked do I\you track performance or stats. I said no to stats, but I will look at a new team to try and find out what they do............
for instance, I cover the U of TN vols football, I know who their top players are and I usually have 6 to 7 games to get many images of them along with the up and comers, I couldnt tell you 1 stat from any of the players, but I can tell you whom is likely to get the ball and where its going to happen, I have many games to figure out how they play,,,,but what about the visiting team? lets take OU for instance... they came to Knoxville last year, I didnt know anything about them, so I done some reading on who their studs were, and focused on them, a lot can be learned in a few min of a game if they like to run/pass etc,,,,,,,a lot of times I will search the team photographer and ask them, who should I be shooting?
for local HS football I know almost all the coaches and how they play, I also know a lot of the kids and who is the top players on the team
another example of baseball........ local HS kid just selected in the MLB draft, when his team was playing a team I was covering I asked the coach does he bat L/R what position he plays etc...... after his first at bat I noticed he picks his front leg up before a swing, also he was super fast as I was told from the coach, so I guessed he would be stealing a lot, and he did, everytime he was on base, so I knew I could get a good shot of him, or the catcher making the throw down.....
so all in all, no I dont look at stats, and if any scouting is done most of it is done the day of mainly HS, and for college etc I will try and find out what style of play they do
Andy
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