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My team has this structure:

The drive team consists of two sub-teams: Team A and Team B. Team A is made up of the team members who are seen as skilled enough to be the primary operators. Team B is made up of team members of comparable skill, who are summoned when a Team A member is not available for an entire competition or a single match. All members of the drive team must be aware of and show GP when interacting with field personnel and other teams, opposing or allied.

Drive team positions are determined in the fall prior to kickoff, based on the physical evaluation of the team members' performance and cohesiveness. It is crucial that the members of the drive team can communicate well and bond, so they can perform their best on the field harmoniously.

Coach:
Must have prior field experience (Minimum 10 live matches)
-Can be Mentor or Student (if mentor is new, he/she must attend as coach during an off season event prior to regionals/districts/championships)
-Can act as a leader not only for our own team, but for alliance members as well
-Is willing to constantly consult the scouting director on match predictions and strategy suggestions
-Is able to adequately describe strategies to other teams through the use of strategy mats/boards

Driver:
Must have prior field experience (Minimum 5 live matches)
-Is able to control the drive system and other auxiliary systems and can maneuver/orient the robot to any direction/part of the field to fulfill strategic goals
-Is willing to work with the Coach to develop strategies
-Must be able to effectively communicate directions to the Co-Driver when needed, and can follow the directions given by the Co-Driver

Co-Driver
Must have prior field experience (Minimum 5 live matches)
-Is able to control the main scoring mechanism and other auxiliary systems and can use the scoring mechanism to increase point yield.
-Is willing to work with the Coach to develop strategies
-Must be able to effectively communicate directions to the Driver when needed, and can follow the directions given by the Driver.

Human Player
Prior field experience not required (Recommended 5 live matches)
-Is able to perform all necessary tasks as human player
-Is willing to work with the Coach to develop match strategies
-Must be able to effectively communicate directions verbally or symbolically (body language, hand gestures) to the rest of the drive team during a match, and must be able to interpret and execute verbal or symbolic directions given by the rest of the drive team.

Human player is the starting position for someone who wants to start on Team A. We try to have only experienced drive team members who have had prior live match experience operate the robot or direct the alliance members to execute a strategy.
We will make exceptions for team members who do exceedingly well, and have potential to be a Driver/Co-Driver. We do not make exceptions for Coach. We have found that only field experience can give a prospective Coach the skills to run a drive team, and to keep an alliance focused.

Drive Team B is generally where less experienced, but still very skilled drivers are assigned. For example, if someone wants to be a driver, but has no field experience, they can try out to be a driver , but will be assigned to Team B if there is a more experienced driver for Team A. The experience requirements are generally more strict for Team A than B. Newer drive team members also get their start from being in Team B, so they can get started in the position they want, not just Human Player.