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Originally Posted by IndySam
I spend many many more hours than any student does every year, being drive coach is my reward for that effort.
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Lucky stiff!
An effective coach can be a student or an adult. In a group of 50 students and 50 adults, there will be a greater number of qualified coaches in the adult group. This means that, for your team, some years you might not have a student who can be effective. After all, is it fair to the rest of the team to reduce the team's competition success by selecting a student simply because they are a student, if they are significantly unqualified?
That being said, it would be a rare year when NO student was qualified (assuming they get training) to coach the drive team.
1676 does not have a policy that a student must be the drive coach, but we'll work hard to find a qualified student before falling back on a mentor.
But, like Indy Sam, many mentors would simply like the fun of being on the drive team. Having done it, I can say it's really a lot of fun, a nice reward for the hours, blood, sweat and tears.