I know I won't capture everything, but a few thoughts.....
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Originally Posted by Ogre
How does one be an effective coach?
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Communication is key.
Good rapport with the driveteam
Have good strategy sense
Be willing to work with other team's strategies and driveteams and compromise.
Be able to think on your feet
Give short commands for drive team to follow easily
Know the rules
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What role does the coach play on a drive team?
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Big part of strategy
Keep drivers on track with strategy
Keep drivers calm under pressure
Know other team capabilities, opponents and alliances, get info from your scouts to help you play each match better and different depending on teams
Watch what other robots are doing and adjust your game play accordingly on the fly
Know the rules, even better than the drivers/hp
WATCH MATCHES. A coach should not spend all their time in the pits or elsewhere. They need to be watching matches and planning their strategies. How else will you learn what the other teams can/can't do..
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What are the qualities of a good/effective coach?
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Same as first question
Calm, quick thinker, not too hot headed.
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How do you learn and practice those qualities?
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You can learn from other experienced coaches
Some of the qualities you're just born with. Some can be learned and practiced, but I don't have any specifics how at the moment
For example, If you're not a natural people person or good communicator, it may be more difficult to be effective.
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What are the benefits and disadvantages of a student coach or an adult coach?
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There's been debates before on this but...
Maturity can be a big factor as well as level of experience.
Rapport with drive team - as far as students respecting another student yelling at them as coach
Adults sometimes have better communication skills, quicking thinking, and stronger focus than students
Adults may have better negotiating skills than students
I don't have much experience with student coaches so I can't really judge, but these are just comments based on general traits of age I guess. So don't take this as me saying that "adults are the only good coaches". Because that's simply not what I imply.
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If someone wanted to learn how to coach well, where would they learn from? Well, let's make the ultimate coach's guide.
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From others. From threads like this. From being open-minded to different ways of doing things and trying things. From team forums, workshops, etc. From listening.
There's no one way to learn to be a good coach, some people will be better than others, some may never be good at it.