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Originally Posted by pfreivald
Then you need a strategy person (we use our drive coach) to seek out other teams ahead of time to iron out who is doing what in the next match. If they have to talk during repairs, so be it.
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As mentioned, often it's not even talking during repairs but they're still on the field for their previous match. 2 or 3 match turnarounds are not uncommon in districts.
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Originally Posted by Gregor
I've competed at a 36 team regional with 12 matches each (smaller than most district events), and we still managed to find the time. If your alliance partner is going to have a match close to your match with them, run through strategy before that match then, it's so important that you have everyone sit down and talk together. It avoids conversation dominance by one team since everyone is relaxed (reletive term  ) with plenty (again, reletive) of time for everyone to contribute. |
Smaller in terms of team quantity, sure. But not in terms of schedule. Keep in mind that there's no true practice day at districts, and the first few hours of day 1 are spent on practice matches before qualifications even start. At smaller regionals, the event crew often runs longer cycle times between matches. The 2012 GTRE regional, which I'm assuming is the one you're referring to, ran a relatively leisurely
8:02 cycle time, the second longest cycle time among regionals that year (behind Waterloo). Because of the compressed schedule, that's a luxury that districts cannot afford. And those extra couple minutes between your matches is frequently the difference between discussing strategy in the pits and in the queue line.