How I like to use the draft tracker (user guide)

Just re-sharing this post for new subscribers.

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Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share with you how I like to use the draft tracker.

Everybody is different, so this is not me telling you it's the only way to use it, but it should provide tips on improving your draft day experience.

It's always good to hop into a mock draft before your draft day to get familiar with using the drafting tool.

You can use it on a Yahoo mock draft by entering any mock draft, grabbing the mock draft league id when the draft room opens, and importing it like a regular Yahoo league.

A big advantage on draft day is having a decent-sized screen so you can view the draft room and draft tracker side-by-side, but having them in different browser tabs is perfectly fine.

I generally don't lean into a punt build this early, but I have pick 2, and I'm taking Giannis, so I'm going to punt FT% from the beginning. When I decide on a category to punt, I like to lower the weighting for that category down to 0.25 rather than ticking it off (because I still want to be able to see the category).

When there's enough time between picks, I also like to short-list players of interest to my draft queue, so when it comes to my pick, I have a few guys already highlighted to make my decision a little easier.

I like to switch between the available player and power rankings view to see which categories I need to improve on, which categories the other people in the draft are doing well in, and which they're punting. It's generally a good idea to refresh your league data at the end of each round so all teams have an even set of players on their roster.

We're now 4 rounds in, so based on the power rankings, I will also decide to punt 3PM. I'm short on PTS and AST, so I'm going to dial the weighting up for PTS and AST, and down for the categories I'm punting (FT%, 3PM).

As we get deeper into the draft, I've also decided to punt TO, so it's turned into a triple punt. Here's how the power rankings looked at the end of the draft.

Some general tips in using the draft tracker:

• You need to click the refresh button to pull data from Yahoo and Fantrax. Don't button mash (it won't make it load faster), so wait for the loading animation to finish (which shouldn't take more than 1-2 seconds)

• You'll ideally want to refresh the draft data once per round, at the end of each round (so you get an even representation of where the teams are at in the power rankings

• Wait for the draft to have started before refreshing the draft data

• Switch between your preferred view using the VIEW drop-down list

• Use weighting for categories to view different punt strategies on the fly. If you're punting, I'd personally tone those categories down to an 0.25 multiplier so I can still see the categories

• If the Yahoo draft tracker stops updating, click the login button on the draft tracker, or refresh your league data on the league dashboard to re-capture your connection

• V2 of the draft tracker has H2H and Minus 1 ranking types, experiment beforehand to see which type of rankings you vibe with the most

• Practice on a mock draft to get used to the interface, the draft tracker works on Yahoo mock drafts

• If you're in a Yahoo league, refresh your league data before the draft to make sure your connection to Yahoo is active

Chat soon,
Joey