Thread: What is the biggest problem faced by FIRST teams?
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Re: What is the biggest problem faced by FIRST teams?
The biggest problem is desire to sleep.

If we just cut out sleeping you have plenty of time to do everything thats needed to be succesful.

Seriously however, everyone struggles with money, the harder to work to raise it, the quicker you get to your goals. But I don't think its the biggest problem, committed and qualified mentors is the biggest problem that faces most FIRST teams. There are very few teams that have enough mentors to properly train and manage perenially succesful teams. Talent level and number of students are part of success but students graduate and prayerfully go off to higher education. When they graduate it is the Mentors responsibility to prepare the next group to come through the ranks.

A dedicated mentor group is key to sustained success, and it is also what most teams, especially new ones, struggle with.
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