Sports & Fitness vocabulary · Coaching & Teams

Scouting

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, scouting means: Observing players or opponents to assess their abilities, habits or suitability for a team.

In Turkish: oyuncu ve rakip gözlemi, scouting

How it is used

Teams use scouting reports for recruitment and opponent preparation.

Example sentences

  1. The scouting report highlighted the young player's passing range.

    The observation helps assess a possible recruit.

  2. Our scouting focused on how the opponent defended near the net.

    Here observation supports preparation for a specific opponent.

Common collocations

  • scouting report
  • player scouting

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