Another learning tool that is out there from RobotC is the Robot Virtual Worlds. They have the current FTC game in there for you to program a bot and play the game virtually.
http://www.robotc.net/download/rvw/
I also HIGHLY recommend reading this book from cover to cover (over and over):
http://www.amazon.com/FTC-Robotics-T...5469901&sr=1-1