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Originally Posted by Pratik341 View Post
I've been Team 341's driver for about 1.5 years now, and although that may not be a lot of time, there is an immense amount of things I've learned about managing stress. Like lots of people mentioned already, you are here to have fun. Although you and many of your team mates are so invested in this robot, if you aren't having fun is it really worth it? Another thing is that your job is to drive, and just drive. If the robot breaks, you should be comfortable knowing that you have your entire pit crew behind you that will fix the robot in time for the next match. Something that my drive coach always tells me is to leave the pit and eat, relax, go potty etc. As silly as it may seem, just occupying yourself with non-robot related things will help you clear your mind and get you in the position to do your job to the best of your ability.
This is so true. Just put your heart into driving and you won't be that stress out. My drive coach always tells me as well as my old team mates that you should drive the robot like I stole it, don't care about what happens to it because you should have trust in your robot and your team.
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