And she is expecting more of the same when the Mystics do battle with Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic at Hamilton's Mystery Creek in a fifth-round trans-Tasman netball league match on Sunday.
Scarlett, who returned to netball last June after a three-year hiatus pursuing an international beach volleyball career, has been relishing the developments in the sport in her absence.
"The tactics of the game are very interesting now," she told NZPA today. "There's a lot more thinking going on, which is really good."
Developments in video analysis had meant building up detailed knowledge on a whole range of players, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to most effectively attack specific opposition.
"You're starting to see players really thinking about the patterns the opposition play with, and really nailing down what will make them change," Scarlett said.
"It adds a lot to the game. Each player learns what their strengths and weaknesses are, and you have to think about how players are going to try and make you play to your weakness."
That awareness will need to be working well on Sunday, as the Mystics look to turn around a disappointing loss from their third-round clash against the Magic.
Last year's beaten finalists, the Magic triumphed 45-39 over the Mystics in Auckland two weeks ago, as the home team wilted in the final quarter.
Scarlett said the memory of that disappointment was providing plenty of motivation for Sunday's game.
"Our goal now is to make that work in our favour, while it's fresh in our minds what went wrong last time.
"We changed how we were playing when we should have kept to our game plan, but maybe changed our timing a little bit more."
The Magic are unbeaten this season, but have looked less than convincing with narrow wins over Canterbury Tactix and Central Pulse in the last two weeks.
The Mystics will be without Silver Ferns defender Joline Henry, still working off the after-effects of an ankle injury suffered against the Central Pulse on February 19.
And coach Debbie Fuller may also be missing from the sidelines after giving birth to her third child -- a daughter -- today.
A plus in the Mystics' favour, however, is the boost from last Sunday's 56-54 win over the Melbourne Vixens when the franchise's young players finished strongly against their more experienced opposition.
Scarlett said the boost from that win would help the Mystics approach Sunday's game with more confidence in their ability to shut out a game - particularly satisfying against Australian opposition.
"We were pretty ecstatic about winning that one," she said.
"We were happy with that fourth quarter against the Vixens because it was so tight, and we came through. We want to build on that - we really showed some maturity, but we're still learning as we go."
The fifth round kicks off on Saturday when the Vixens are at home to West Coast Fever, while the struggling Adelaide Thunderbirds meet competition leaders Queensland Firebirds in Adelaide on Sunday.
On Monday, Southern Steel host the Central Pulse in Invercargill while the New South Wales Swifts finish off the round with their match against Canterbury Tactix in Sydney.
