Like you I am just starting to mentor a FLL team, so I don’t have any advice from actual seasons. So far, our team has been meeting throughout the summer to get the kids familiar with the Mindstorms and each other, while also teaching them some basics like gearing and what not. In this kind of practice I’ve found its really helpful to have a second kit. We found one for a good price on Ebay.
One website I’ve found to be really helpful is http://www.hightechkids.org/fll/. It has a really nice sample curriculum as well as lots of tips for first time coaches.
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FRC:
Team 30 - FURY (Student, 2002-2004)
Team 229 - Division by Zero (Mentor, 2005-2007)
FLL:
Robo-Monkeys (Founder/Mentor, 2003-2006)
Currently working as a Radar Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Liverpool, NY and pursuing my MSEE from Clarkson, while easing my way back into FIRST
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