[EricLeifermann]

I would say try not to think too much. You need to know your robots capabilities and the strategy your alliance well enough that driving is instinctive.

When I was a driver, along time ago, I thought I would be nervous but I found at our first competition that I knew the robot and what I had to do on the field so well that once the match started the only thing I herd while driving was my coach and my operator, all the outside noise was gone and I was focused and clear headed.