[StephLee]

I can't find a thread specifically about stress at competitions, and it's something I've been wondering about since Chesapeake. Our entire drive team got pretty stressed during the competition, before just about every match, even the practice matches. Every time one of them was even slightly nervous, they made me freak out(silently; I don't think they realized how bad it got).

My question is, how bad does your team stress out? What do the coaches do to keep them calm right before matches? What kinds of things do you do after the day's competiton is over? Our drivers went back to the hotel and played Halo 2 a bunch, but I made a note to bring tons of extra-strong stress balls next year to keep on the robot cart.