[Katie_UPS]

VEX/minibot competitions are awesome preseason warm-ups. It actually is what several (if not a lot) teams do to get kids ready. Similarly, pre-season projects to get kids up and running in the shop are good ideas (such as building shelving units, making a demo bot, remaking the team crate/cart/pit/etc).

1675's favorite preseason (and build season)(and all seasons) activity is team bonding. We play a lot of silly games to get kids and mentors all used to each other. If you can do something extraordinarily silly in front of your team, you can present ideas and ask for help in front of them too.