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Originally Posted by anonymous_robot
There's no subtle way to says this so I will come right out and say it, my team has lost sight or what FIRST and FRC is all about. To give you a sense of what has happened I first must give a brief five year history.
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Interesting. Sounds like a team in our local group of teams. I agree that there should be adult mentors to lead the teams and keep things on track. Our team tried student leaders last season and we had more problems than solutions. Now we have a lead mentor/coach and two sub team coaches (of which I am one) and several mentors.
The biggest problem I have seen is that students don't STUDY the printed materials and WATCH related videos like they should. In short, they are being kids, being lazy, and they need to be prodded, encouraged and inspired.
For your situation I would advise that you do what YOU can to inspire your teamates. LEAD BY EXAMPLE! Make something cool, say, a mechanism prototype for the robot. Do it on your own and don't wait for help. Then, when it is ready, show it off. If you really put some effort into it it should be awesome and inspire your teammates to do the same.
I hope things get better with your team and you have a great season. Take care!