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Originally Posted by 'lil robo-girl
Do you think it's necessary to have a plan or other tools in place for alliance communication? If so, what?
Our team is toying with the idea of bringing a questionnaire to get a quick summary of where our partners stand, something we can keep and re-read.
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Certainly you always need a plan. As far as tools, I like the dry erase field blueprints. Depending on the game, I print one two and put them in the clear protectors on the outside of a binder. There's some scouting information, notes, and/or diagrams inside.
In terms of what you actually need for execution though, pre-match only goes so far. I don't see this year being that different in terms of communication, just with fewer moving parts and more theoretical control. Allies have always had the opportunity to get in the way; autonomous adaptability is always preferable. This year there's no need to sync up scoring cycles to run multi-robot moving blocks while playing offense. But it's still about talking to coaches in real time, and having coaches that can translate to drivers.