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Re: Stress
For driver tryouts, we set up an obstacle course and get the whole team to watch and make as much noise as possible. We also played really now music to simulate the environment. All that noise added on to how much the candidates really wanna get picked, it creates just the right stress level for the tryout.

We are thinking of trying to set acutal situations for the drivers this year during try-outs. Like describe a situation to the driver just once and give them a set amount of time to react to the situation and we evaluate based on the performance. They we really get into how the stress affects decision making and not just motor skills.
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