Stay the course.
At some point soon, encourage a team meeting and go over this year's experience listing the areas that went well and the areas that need improvement or development. Whether a team is a rookie or a 20 year veteran, it is always wise to take the time to evaluate the team's season.
Every single team in FRC has had a rookie season. All those rookie seasons have stories. Some are sad, some are funny, some are inspiring - but all the teams have stories to be told. And that never changes either. Each year is a chapter in the team's history book with stories to be told and shared. I think the word that our lead mentor uses a lot when he talks about our first year is - clueless. "We were clueless." Hopefully, we've improved in that area.
Jane
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Excellence is contagious. ~ Andy Baker, President, AndyMark, Inc. and Woodie Flowers Award 2003
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
~ Helen Keller (1880-1968)