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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

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Originally Posted by IKE View Post
At what point/amount of unbag time would you stop making a practice bot?

1 Day/week?
6 hours/week (not just competition weeks, but all weeks?)
8
12?

I think there could be a neat compromise made where you could find a threshold that would essentially find a balance. Just a thought. I know of a handful of teams in Michigan that stopped building a practice bot a couple of years ago thanks to the 6 hrs, and 30 lb. allowance.

This would also balance a bit the desparity of teams that due multiple events vs. those that only do 1 later event.
Personally, I think that 6 hours every week would be a nice compromise.

I would even take 4 hours every week, instead of the 6 hours of unbagging before the event (District Model).

Our team spent/wasted a lot of time on a PracticeBot, that was never used to its full potential.

Love the idea IKE.

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