[Tim Delles]

I like that it makes your drivers think about the rules.

Drivers must know the rules inside and out. If they don't then they could potentially cost your alliance a match. It is not so much the coach needing to know the rules (however the coach should know them), but the drivers should be able to think on their own. Once they are told to do something they should be able to think will this violate any rules (quickly decide if it will or not), if it does then they would go about doing what they were told to do so that it complies with the rules.

But more so the drivers should know the robot inside and out. There should be nothing on the robot that either the driver or the operate knows nothing about. This is because if something goes wrong on the playing field the driver or operator can quickly tell the pit crew what/where the problem is. This makes fixing the robot quicker and less choatic for the pit crew.