[Justin Montois]

In the past we've had drivers tests but this year I'm trying to move away from that.

On most teams, the student leadership is evident. Weather you have a core group of 3 or 4 who make the most decisions,they are the most dedicated or some combination of those, if you asked most students on your team who the core student leadership is, they could easily refer to these individuals.

Therefore, it becomes clear that those individuals are in most cases going to be your drive team.

This method may not work for all teams, and I'm not saying the above methods are poor ways of selecting a drive team because they aren't. However if you do have a good core group of 3 or 4 students who are student leaders on the team, without having to test them you know they know the rules the best, they'll know the robot the best and are most likely good communicators on the basis that they are student leaders on your team.

If you have team members who want to be on the drive team but they are perhaps not the most dedicated or the best communicators then just convey to that student that if they want to have a shot at drive team next year then they should work on those traits that will set them apart from the rest of the team.

Again, your mileage may vary.