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Do you have an adult coach or a student coach?
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Student coach. I coached last year as a high school senior, and this year I have stepped aside.
We are committed to developing leaders and allowing students access to all of the opportunites team 293 might have to offer.
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Do you feel it increases your ranking, winning, and success in matches?
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The effect on ranking varies from year to year. Last year in Triple Play, our all-student drive team got more from our robot than anybody had a right to expect. For most of Raising the Bar in '04, our coaching was atrocious.
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Do you feel it enhances your team as a whole?
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Yes.
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Do you feel it enhances the accuracy, precision, and speed in driving and operation?
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Last year I believe it did and I am not the right person to ask as far as this year's team is concerned.
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What downsides are there?
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Our coaches might be less experienced and student coaches that excel cannot coach after graduation. Then again, if we were mentor-coached, we wouldn't find any excellent student coaches.
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And if you have a student coach, please answer the additional question:
Do you feel intimidated or persuaded by adult coaches on your alliance?
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I have had a problem with only one other coach in two and a half regionals and one championship event, and he didn't intimidate me. I am persuaded by knoweldgable, intelligent coaches be they students or adults.