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Re: Pressure on Drive Team

Excellent question.

Well i find the pressure over whelmining, but that is just not from my team that is from myself ripping me apart. Our team is split up into sub teams, such as drivetrain, arm, scouting,etc etc. While we are not competeing its the time for those teams to shine. Then you have the driveteam, To be one of the drivers on your team is a honor. When you are in a driving position it shows that you have been given the respect from the team and the backing of the team to go up and compete. NO matter how much work someone does it all comes down to you. For those two minutes you are the deciding factor on how the team reacts and how were you are placed. When you are in the driving role you are looked up to, not only by your own team but by every other team. I remeber when i was a freshman i looked up to our driver and always thought i want to be him someday. Last year i got my chance and i didnt think it would be a big deal, then i got up there. Its a totally different world up there, for those two minutes you are the MAN or WOMAN. When i get up there i put alot of pressure on myself i want to succeed for the team, for all the hardwork they have done. For the sponsors giving us all that money, i want to have a winning result and then just for myself i am a very competitive person and i like to win. When we have a good match i am over joyed and it seems like nothign can bother me. When we lose i tear myself apart, i replay the match in my head over and over to see what we did wrong and what we could of done different.

when we win i feel like i have highlighted all the hardwork the team has done
When we lose i feel like i have let down the team

I guess all i am tryign to say is when i get up there i feel like i have a responsiblity to bring a win to the team cause they have put the trust of the robot and its performance to the driver, cause no matter how good yoru robot is it all come's down to the skill of the driver
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