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Unread 11-12-2011, 11:22
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Re: Good vs. Great Drive Teams

The most important aspect of a drive team that will make them successful is by far the amount of practice time they get. A great drive team has drivers that instinctively know how to do anything with their robot, without thinking about it. A great drive team acts as a set of four hands which get commands from one brain (the coach). It takes a lot of practice to make this happen. The more closely you can simulate a competition, the better - practice with loud music on, with old robots on the field (bonus - you also can get multiple people practice at once this way), and invite other teams over to practice with you if you can. Once operating the robot and strategy decisions become natural, your team will perform a lot better overall.
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