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Re: Good vs. Great Drive Teams

Obviously, the more practice you can get the better anyone will perform.
But...

I was on drive team for two years back in 2006-2007. And something that I noticed between the two years is that the most qualified people were not on the drive team, including myself. However, what in my opinion was more important, is that we worked EXTREMELY well together. We had each others backs and we never second guessed each others decesions to what they did on the field. We were team players.
A bickering drive team, who may be more "qualified", will be less effective than that of a team who can effectively drive (may not be the best on the team) but who is a people person and can work well with others.

There have been several kids on our team who have expressed an interest in driving the robot, but factors such as, a hot temper, and not working well with others, hurts their chance at the drive team. Think about alliances and working with other teams- those 4 people on your drive team are sometimes the only image of your team that other people get.

So I think there's a balance between the most qualified people- and people that will work well together, and drive as a TEAM.
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